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Verpaspongia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Streptosolenidae : Verpaspongia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 472 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Johns. 1994. Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94(1):1-156 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Verpaspongia nodosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1994 | Verpaspongia Johns |
References
Johns R. A. (1994) Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94 1, 1-156 |
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!