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Polyedra tebagensis ✝
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| Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Polyedra : Polyedra tebagensis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 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) | B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier p. 615 fig. 1d,e |
| 1977 | Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier p. 40 figs. Pl 10, fig 3 |
| 1988 | Polyedra tebagensis Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 196 figs. Pl 37, figs 1-8,11; text-fig 12 |
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!
