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Australispongia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Australispongia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Australispongia Xiping & Knoll, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | J Paleontol 70 (2), March | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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) | X. Dong and A. H. Knoll. 1996. Middle and Late Cambrian sponge spicules from Hunan, China. Journal of Paleontology 70(2):173-184 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Australispongia compressa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
Australispongia sinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1996 | Australispongia Dong and Knoll |
2002 | Australispongia 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!