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Polytholosiidae ✝
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Polytholosiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Porata : Polytholosiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Polytholosiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Iranothalamia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1962 | Polytholosiidae Seilacher |
1990 | Polytholosiidae Senowbari-Daryan |
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!