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Phlogites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Phlogites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Phlogites) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Phlogites) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | Attached to trilobite fragments. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J.-Y. Chen, D.-Y. Huang, and Q.-Q. Peng, H.-M. Chi, X.-Q. Wang, M. Feng. 2003. The first tunicate from the Early Cambrian of South China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(14):8314-8318 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cheungkongella ancestralis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Phlogites longus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1999 | Phlogites Luo et al. |
2001 | Cheungkongella Shu et al. p. 472 |
2003 | Phlogites Chen et al. p. 8317 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!