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Labechia ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Labechiida : Labechiidae : Labechia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 470 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 365 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Labechiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Labechiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Labechiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Labechiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Labechia banksi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Labechia conferta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 439 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
Labechia huronensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Labechia palliseri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Labechia prima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1851 | Labechia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
1988 | Labechia Bolton |
1999 | Labechia Stearn et al. |
2001 | Labechia Percival et al. |
2002 | Labechia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!