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Discosiphonella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Sebargasiidae : Discosiphonella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Cystauletes grossa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes kingi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cystauletes lercarensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 290 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes mammilosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 269 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes orientalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes primoriensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes ribuzuoensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes squamilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Cystauletes typica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Discosiphonella iranica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Discosiphonella minima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Discosiphonella primorica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Discosiphonella Inai |
| 1938 | Ascosymplegma Rauff |
| 1943 | Cystauletes King p. 31 |
| 1983 | Lichuanospongia Zhang |
| 1991 | Ascosymplegma Boiko et al. |
| 1991 | Cystauletes Boiko et al. |
| 2002 | Discosiphonella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Lichuanospongia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Cystauletes Finks et al. p. 686 |
| 2004 | Discosiphonella Finks et al. p. 688 |
| 2004 | Lichuanospongia Finks et al. p. 703 |
| 2004 | Ascosymplegma Finks et al. p. 719 |
| 2007 | Discosiphonella Senowbari-Daryan 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!
