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Spirocyathidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Spirocyathidae | ||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. E. Raymond. 1931. Notes on invertebrate fossils, with descriptions of new species. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55(6):165-213 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1910 | Spirocyathidae Taylor |
1931 | Spirocyathidae Raymond p. 177 |
References
Raymond P. E. (1931) Notes on invertebrate fossils, with descriptions of new species, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55 6, 165-213 |
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!