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Mckittrickella
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Sollasellidae : Mckittrickella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. K. Rigby, G. L. Bell, and K. Thompson. 2007. Hexactinellid and associated sponges from the upper Reef Trail Member of the Bell Canyon Formation, southern Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1241-1256 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mckittrickella pratti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2007 | Mckittrickella Rigby et al. |
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!