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Porifera
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| Rank | phylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | sponge | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5,044 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 254 (5.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 541 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Porifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Archaeocyatha β class | listed (PBDB) | 3,906 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Calcarea class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Calcareous Sponge | 673 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Demospongiae class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Demosponge | 8,975 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Heteractinida class | listed (PBDB) | 282 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Hexactinellidaclass | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Glass Sponge | 2,648 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Sclerospongiae β class | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Stromatoporoidea β class | listed (PBDB) | 4,938 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Homoscleromorpha class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Archaeocyathidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 313 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Disjectoporidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 154 | 290 Ma Permian | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Polyactinellidae β family | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Spirocyathidae β family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Amorphofungia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Caliculospongia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Clathrispongia β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Codites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Coronacollina β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
| Cotyliscus β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cribroscyphia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Cuneiphycus β genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cupulochonia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Cyathophyscus β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cyclospongia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Dendrocoelia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Drosdovia β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eocoryne β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eocyathispongia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
| Glenodictyum β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Holocoelia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Leiofungia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Limnorea β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Limnoretheles β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Matthewcyathus β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Megalelasma β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Microcoryne β genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Mussooriella β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Nabaviella β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Namapoikia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | |
| Nostrocyathus β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Oligoplagia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Palaeoierea β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Phymoraphinia genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Psephidia β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Scyphia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Shitangspongia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Sinoflabrum β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Solactiniella β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Sparsispongia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Stromatofungia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Thectardis β genus | listed (PBDB) | Triangle | 4 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic |
| Tragos β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Trammeria β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1836 | Porifera Grant |
| 2002 | Porifera Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Porifera Kiessling |
| 2005 | Porifera Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1 |
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!
Roberts Mesa fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA