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Sollasellidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Sollasellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 452 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. K. Rigby and G. L. Bell. 2006. Sponges from the Reef Trail Member of the Upper Guadalupian (Permian) Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1-42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Luterospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Mckittrickella genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Monaxoradiata genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Opetionella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Rhizopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Sollasella genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Stramentella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Trichospongiella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1887 | Sollasellidae von Lendenfeld |
| 2006 | Sollasellidae Rigby and Bell p. 30 |
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!
