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Labechiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Labechiida : Labechiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Mineralogy data based on Tobin, K.J. & Walker, K.R. 1998. Diagenetic calcite from the Chazyan Group (Vermont): an example of aragonite alteration in a greenhouse ocean. – Sedimentary Geology 121: 277-288. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Labechiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. W. Stearn, B. D. Webby, and H. Nestor, C. W. Stock. 1999. Revised classification and terminology of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44(1):1-70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Forolinia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 20 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Labechia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 114 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Labechiella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Stratodictyon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Labechiidae Nicholson |
| 1964 | Labechiidae Nestor |
| 1988 | Labechiidae Bolton |
| 1999 | Labechiidae Stearn 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!
