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Aulocystidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3225	https://www.gbif.org/species/3225
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	387378	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=387378

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Aulocystidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Hexactinellida	Schmidt 1870
subclass	Hexasterophora	Schulze 1886
order	Lychniscosida	Schrammen 1903
family	Aulocystidae	Sollas 1887

Scientific Name

Aulocystidae

Name Published In

Sollas, W.J. (1887). Sponges. In: Black, A. and C. (Eds), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition. 22. (Edinburgh). 412-429.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aulocystidae	family	belongs to Lychniscosida	stated with evidence	Reiswig, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hexactinellida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Hexactinellida)

Vision

blind (based on Hexactinellida)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hexactinellida)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Hexactinellida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. M. Reiswig. 2002. Family Aulocystidae Sollas, 1887. In J. N. A. Hooper, R. W. M. Van Soest, P. Willenz (eds.), Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adaverina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lychnocystis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neoaulocystis genus	listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Neoaulocystis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudoromingeria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Remesia obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Aulocystidae Sollas
2002	Aulocystidae Reiswig p. 1378

References

Reiswig H. M. (2002) Family Aulocystidae Sollas, 1887, Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges, 1378-1382

Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Sollas, W.J. (1887). Sponges. In: Black, A. and C. (Eds), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition. 22. (Edinburgh). 412-429. - via World Register of Marine Species

Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Aulocystidae Sollas, 1887. pp. 1378-1382. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). - via World Register of Marine Species

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Characteristic of phylum - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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