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Amphidiscosa
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Amphidiscosa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (9.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Amphidiscosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Amphidiscosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | COMMENTS: Erect, non-motile attached suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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Pelicaspongiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hyalonemia genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Itararella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Larispongia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Pattersonia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 269 Ma Permian | |
Pheronema genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Semperella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1924 | Amphidiscosa Schrammen |
2002 | Amphidiscosa Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
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!