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Vaceletida
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (5.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 403 - 392 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cheilosporitiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Cribrothalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Gigantothalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Polytubithalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Tebagathalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Verticillitidae family | listed (PBDB) | 152 | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Platysphaerocoelia genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2004 | Vaceletida Finks et al. p. 691 |
| 2008 | Vaceletida Rigby et al. |
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!
