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Dictyofavosites ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4882817https://www.gbif.org/species/4882817
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)4861https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4861
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Dictyofavosites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Favositidae : Dictyofavosites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
subfamilyFavositinaeDana 1846
genusDictyofavositesTchernychev 1951
Scientific NameDictyofavosites Tchernychev, 1951
Name Published InVses. nauch-issled. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI) Min. Geol., 1951
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dictyofavositesgenusbelongs to Favositinaestated with evidenceHill, 1981
Dictyofavositesgenusbelongs to Tabulatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance427 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance408 - 392 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Tabulata)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1951Dictyofavosites Chernyshev
1981Dictyofavosites Hill
2002Dictyofavosites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Vses. nauch-issled. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI) Min. Geol., 1951 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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