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Spongiomorphidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Spongiomorphida : Spongiomorphidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hydrozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hydrozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Hydrozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hydrozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. Frech. 1890. Die Korallenfauna der Trias. Palaeontographica 37:1-116 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cylicopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Heptastylis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Spongiomorpha ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 93 | 254 Ma Permian | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1890 | Spongiomorphidae Frech |
1986 | Spongiomorphidae Stanley, Jr. |
1999 | Spongiomorphidae Stanley, Jr. and Senowbari-Daryan p. 800 |
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!