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Dystactospongia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Sigmatosclerophorida : Dystactospongiidae : Dystactospongia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dystactospongia madisonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1882 | Dystactospongia Miller |
2002 | Dystactospongia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Dystactospongia Finks et al. |
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!