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Protomonaxonida
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 111 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (2.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Choiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 78 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Halichondritidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Hamptoniidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Hazeliidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 92 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Leptomitidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 104 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Piraniidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Sollasellidae family | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
Takakkawiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Tethyidae family | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 13.8 Ma Miocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Ulospongiellidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Wapkiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
Lobatospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2004 | Protomonaxonida Finks et al. p. 9 |
2005 | Protomonaxonida Rigby and von Bitter p. 460 |
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!