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Vaceletia
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Vaceletia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Vaceletida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Pickett. 1982. Vaceletia progenitor, the first Tertiary sphinctozoan (Porifera). Alcheringa 6(4):241-247 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Vaceletia progenitor ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1982 | Vaceletia Pickett |
| 2002 | Vaceletia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Vaceletia Vacelet |
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!
