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Astrostylopsis ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Axinellida : Actinostromariidae : Astrostylopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Axinellida : Actinostromariidae : Astrostylopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Astrostylopsis Germovšek, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Diss. Acad. Sci. Art. Sloven. Cl. 4 Hist. Nat., Ljubljana, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 152 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Axinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Axinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Actinostromariidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Astrostylopsis circoporea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Trupetostromaria circoporea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1954 | Astrostylopsis Germovsek |
1971 | Astrostylopsis Turnsek and Mihajlovic p. 46 |
2002 | Astrostylopsis Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!