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Calicia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Calicia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Pharetronida : Calicia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Calicia Dullo & Lein, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Verh. Geol. Bundesanst, Wien 1980 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 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) | W.-C. Dullo and R. Lein. 1980. Das Karn von Launsdorf in Kärnten: Die Schwammfauna der Lechkogelschichten. Verhandlungen der geologsichen Bundesanstalt (Wien) 1980(2):25-61 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Calicia Dullo and Lein p. 42 |
2002 | Calicia 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!