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Linonema ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Euretidae : Linonema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hexactinosa : Euretidae : Linonema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Linonema de Laubenfels, 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Moore, Treatise Invert. Paleont., Univ. Kans. Press Lawrence, Part E, E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hexactinosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hexactinellida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hexactinosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Linonema calyx ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Linonema ramosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Linosoma calyx species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Linosoma Schrammen, 1936 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Euretidae : Linosoma |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1937 | Linosoma Schrammen |
1955 | Linonema Laubenfels |
2002 | Linonema Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Linonema 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!