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Vesicocaulis alpinus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)200994https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=200994
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Aphrosalpingidae : Vesicocaulis : Vesicocaulis alpinus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongea
subclassCeractinomorphaLevi 1953
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyAphrosalpingidaeMyagkova 1955
subfamilyVesicocauliinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusVesicocaulisOtt 1967
speciesVesicocaulis alpinusOtt 1967
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vesicocaulis alpinusspeciesbelongs to Vesicocaulisstated with evidenceOtt, 1967
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance235 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Agelasida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Agelasida)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Agelasida)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Agelasida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Aphrosalpingidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1967Vesicocaulis alpinus Ott

References

Senowbari-Daryan B. (1990) Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte, Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21, 5-326
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!
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