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Plectascus ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Plectascus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosa : Plectascus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Plectascus Schrammen, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeontogr., Suppl. 5, no. 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lychniscosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lychniscosa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Hexactinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brachiolites labrosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrospongia clathrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Plectascus clathratus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Plectascus labrosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1864 | Dendrospongia Roemer |
1912 | Plectascus Schrammen |
2002 | Plectascus 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!