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Calcinea
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Calcinea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Calcinea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Calcarea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Calcinea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | COMMENT: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Calcarea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. K. Bambach, A. M. Bush, and D. H. Erwin. 2007. Supplement to Autecology and the filling of ecospace: Key metazoan radiations. Palaeontology 50(1):1-22 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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![]() order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
![]() order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
![]() unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1898 | Calcinea Bidder |
2007 | Calcinea Bambach et al. p. S5 |
2012 | Calcinea Worheide et al. p. 44 figs. Fig. 1.8 |
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!