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Archaeoscyphia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4581978	https://www.gbif.org/species/4581978
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	3007	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3007

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongea
subclass	Lithistida
suborder	Orchocladina	Rauff 1895
family	Anthaspidellidae	Miller 1889
genus	Archaeoscyphia	Hinde 1889

Scientific Name

Archaeoscyphia Hinde, 1889

Name Published In

Quart. J. Geol. Soc., 45, fasc. 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Archaeoscyphia	genus	belongs to Anthaspidellidae	stated with evidence	Rigby and Desrochers, 1995
Archaeoscyphia	genus	belongs to Anthaspidellidae	stated without evidence	Percival et al., 2001
Archaeoscyphia	genus	belongs to Lithistida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Archaeoscyphia	genus	belongs to Anthaspidellidae	stated with evidence	Finks et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

427 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Environment

marine (based on Lithistida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Lithistida)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lithistida)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Lithistida)

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
Archaeoscyphia alternata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia annulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	485 Ma Cambrian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia attenuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia bassleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia boltoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia eganensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia gislei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia minganensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	485 Ma Cambrian	427 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia nana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia pannosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia pulchra ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia rossi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia scalaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Archaeoscyphia tenuis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia undulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Calycocoelia annulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nevadocoelia mazourkaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nevadocoelia pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petraia minganensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Archaeoscyphia Hinde
1995	Archaeoscyphia Rigby and Desrochers
2001	Archaeoscyphia Percival et al.
2002	Archaeoscyphia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Archaeoscyphia Finks et al. p. 64

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Rigby J. K., Desrochers A. (1995) Lower and Middle Ordovician lithistid demosponges from the Mingan Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 69 4, 1-35

Percival I. G., Webby B. D., et al (2001) Ordovician (Bendigonian, Darriwilian to Gisbornian) faunas from the northern Molong Volcanic Belt of central New South Wales, Alcheringa 25, 211-250

Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Quart. J. Geol. Soc., 45, fasc. 1 - 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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