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Dehornella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Axinellida : Milleporellidae : Dehornella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 165 - 161 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Axinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Axinellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Milleporellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Dehornella choffati ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Dehornella crustans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Dehornella harrarensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dehornella hydractinoides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Dehornella omanensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Dehornella Lecompte |
| 1987 | Dehornella Wood |
| 2002 | Dehornella Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
