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Dystactospongiidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Sigmatosclerophorida : Dystactospongiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ceractinomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Ceractinomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dystactospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Loganiella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Dystactospongiidae Miller |
2004 | Dystactospongiidae Finks et al. |
References
Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872 |
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!