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Stellispongia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Stellispongiidae : Stellispongia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Stellispongiida : Stellispongiidae : Stellispongia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Stellispongia d'Orbigny, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Calcaronea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Calcarea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Calcaronea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Calcarea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Cnemidium manon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cnemidium stellare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cnemidium variabile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia aperta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia cotteaui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia fasciculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia mamillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia manon ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 269 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Stellispongia minor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Stellispongia pertusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia radiata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Stellispongia reptans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia rugosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia stellaris ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stellispongia subrotula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia subsphaerica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Stellispongia sulcata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellispongia variabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Stellispongia d'Orbigny |
| 2002 | Stellispongia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Stellispongia Finks et al. p. 739 |
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!
