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Acanthochaetetes
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Hadromerida : Acanthochaetetidae : Acanthochaetetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 157 - 152 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Acanthochaetetes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Acanthochaetetes seunesi species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Acanthochaetetes Fischer |
1976 | Tabulospongia Mori |
1983 | Acanthochaetetes Reitner and Engeser |
2002 | Acanthochaetetes Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!