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Hadromerida
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Hadromerida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (7.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | COMMENTS: Erect, surficial, semi-infaunal, and shallow infaunal non-motile attached suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Acanthochaetetidae family | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cassianothalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Celyphiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 280 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Ceotinellidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Polysiphonidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 269 Ma Permian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Calcistella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Ditraenella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Gomphites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Latrunculia genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Rhopaloconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Thoosa genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1898 | Hadromerida Topsent |
2002 | Hadromerida Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Hadromerida Finks et al. p. 724 |
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!