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Hudsonella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tabulospongida : Parastromatoporidae : Hudsonella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 156 - 151 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Tabulospongida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tabulospongida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tabulospongida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Tabulospongida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Hudsonella dobrogensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1966 | Hudsonella Turnsek |
| 1969 | Hudsonella Turnsek and Barbulescu |
| 2002 | Hudsonella 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!
