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Spicidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Spicidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 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) | H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Spica ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 32 | 272 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1977 | Spicidae Termier and Termier p. 41 |
2006 | Spicidae Rigby and Bell p. 8 |
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!