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Amphiporida ✝
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Amphiporida | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 376 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Stromatoporoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. W. Stearn, B. D. Webby, and H. Nestor, C. W. Stock. 1999. Revised classification and terminology of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44(1):1-70 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amphiporidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 403 | 443 Ma Silurian | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Amphiporida Rukhin |
1999 | Amphiporida Stearn et al. |
References
Stearn C. W., Webby B. D., et al (1999) Revised classification and terminology of Palaeozoic stromatoporoids, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44 1, 1-70 |
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!