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Pharetrospongiidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida : Pharetrospongiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Pharetrospongiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pharetrospongiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Leiofungiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 269 Ma Permian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Pharetrospongiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Euepirrhysia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Grossotubenella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Radicanalospongia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1955 | Pharetrospongiidae De Laubenfels |
2004 | Pharetrospongiidae Finks et al. p. 614 |
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!