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Pharetronida

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	3634	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3634

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Pharetronida

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Calcarea	Bowerbank 1864
order	Pharetronida	Zittel 1878

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pharetronida	order	belongs to Calcarea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (3.9%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Calcarea)

Vision

blind (based on Calcarea)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Calcarea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Calcarea)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Peronidellidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Alasonia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aphlebospongia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aplosphecion ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Blastinoidea ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Brevisiphonella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Calicia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	242 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cnemicopanon ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Coeloconia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Coniatopenia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Conispongia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Conocoelia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cornuaspongia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Diasterofungia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diestosphecion ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diplostoma ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Discocoeila ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dyoconia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dyocopanon ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Elasmocoelia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Euzittelia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Inobolia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pachymura ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pachytilodia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pharetrospongia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Plectinia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polycnemiseudea ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polyendostoma ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Porosphaerella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Radicispongia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Raphidonema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	48.6 Ma Eocene
Rauffia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sagittularia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Solenocoelia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Synopella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Thamnonema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trachyphlyctia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Trachysinia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trachyspecion ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trachytila ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Tremospongia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tretocalia genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Tubispongia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Virmula ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Winwoodia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1878	Pharetronida Zittel
2002	Pharetronida Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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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