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Virgolidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida : Virgolidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Virgolidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Virgolidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Preeudeinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Preeudeninae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Preeudinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Pseudohimatellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 41 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Virgolinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 146 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Intratubospongia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Medenina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microsphaerispongia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Newellospongia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parahimatella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Polytubifungia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Preeudea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudohimatella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudovirgula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tyanada genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgola genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1977 | Virgolidae Termier and Termier |
| 2004 | Virgolidae Finks et al. p. 596 |
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!
