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Agelasida
Description | Agelasida is an order of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelasida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Agelasida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (0.51%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | oviparous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | COMMENTS: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007). Agelasida as used for Permian and Triassic sphinctozoans and others were most likely aragonitic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelasida |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Agelasidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Annaecoeliidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Aphrosalpingidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 120 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Astroscleridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 272 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Auriculospongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 154 | 433 Ma Silurian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Catenispongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 50 | 290 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cliefdenellidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Colospongiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 525 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 109 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Exotubispongiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Fissispongiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
Girtyocoeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 356 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Globucatenulaiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Glomocystospongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 265 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Guadalupiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 516 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hymerhabdiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Intrasporeocoeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 104 | 272 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Maeandrostiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Noritubispongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Olangocoeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Palermocoeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Parastylothalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Pharetrospongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 269 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Preperonidellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 553 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Radiotrabeculoporidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Salzburgiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 290 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Sebargasiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 424 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Sestrostomellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 73 | 269 Ma Permian | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Solenolmiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 244 | 272 Ma Permian | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Sphaeropontiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Spicidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 32 | 272 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Stellispongiellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 261 | 269 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Tabasiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thaumastocoeliidae family | listed (PBDB) | 40 | 279 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Virgolidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 231 | 269 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Columnocoelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Incertuspongia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Madonia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Tataouinella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Tenuipariespongia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1907 | Agelasida Verrill |
2004 | Agelasida Finks et al. p. 594 |
2008 | Agelasida Rigby et al. |
2009 | Agelasida Rigby et al. |
2012 | Agelasida Worheide et al. p. 29 figs. Fig. 1.4 |
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!