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Polycystocoelia ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sebargasiidae : Polycystocoelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Sebargasiidae : Polycystocoelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Polycystocoelia Zhang, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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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Polycystocoelia asiatica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Polycystocoelia lepida ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Polycystocoelia silberlingi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Polycystocoelia sinica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Polycystocoelia variabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Stromatocoelia asiatica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stromatocoelia lepida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stromatocoelia variabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1983 | Polycystocoelia Zhang |
1985 | Stromatocoelia Zhang and Fan p. 16 |
1989 | Stromatocoelia Rigby et al. p. 432 |
2002 | Polycystocoelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Polycystocoelia Finks et al. p. 678 |
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!