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Brachiaster claudelevii β
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Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Pachastrellida : Pachastrellidae : Brachiaster : Brachiaster claudelevii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Pisera and M. A. Bitner. 2007. The sponge genus Brachiaster (Pachastrellidae, Demospongiae) and its first known fossil representative, from the Late Eocene of southwestern Australia. Alcheringa 31(4):365-373 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2007 | Brachiaster claudelevii Pisera and Bitner |
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!