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Cyclospongia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Cyclospongia | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 423 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 423 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. A. Miller. 1891. Palaeontology. Advanced sheets to the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 17:1-95 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cyclospongia discus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1891 | Cyclospongia Miller p. 615 |
References
Miller S. A. Palaeontology, Advanced sheets to the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 17, 1-95 |
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!