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Anthracosyconidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthracosyconidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 183 - 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anthracosycon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Collatipora ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 265 Ma Permian | |
Dactylites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 279 Ma Permian | 183 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1960 | Anthracosyconidae Finks p. 76 |
2004 | Anthracosyconidae Finks et al. p. 124 |
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!