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Tebagathalamia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Tebagathalamiidae : Tebagathalamia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tebagathalamia cylindrica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Tebagathalamia diagonalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Tebagathalamia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 192 |
2002 | Tebagathalamia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Tebagathalamia 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!