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Verticillites ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Verticillites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Verticillites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Verticillites Finks et al. p. 712 |
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!