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Wapkia grandis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)208501https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=208501
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Wapkiidae : Wapkia : Wapkia grandis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongea
orderProtomonaxonidaFinks et al. 2004
familyWapkiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusWapkiaWalcott 1920
speciesWapkia grandisWalcott 1920
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wapkia grandisspeciesbelongs to Wapkiastated with evidenceWalcott, 1920
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance541 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Wapkia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Wapkia)
Taphonomysilica (based on Demospongea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1920Wapkia grandis Walcott

References

Rigby J. K., Collins D. (2004) Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia, Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1, 1-155
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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