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Eudea ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Stellispongiida : Stellispongiidae : Eudea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Calcaronea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Calcarea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Calcaronea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eudea cupani ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Eudea gracilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Eudea grandi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Eudea guttata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Eudea incrustans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Eudea pisum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Eudea polymorpha ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Eudea rhacos ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Eudea rosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eudea siciliana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Eudea tuberculata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1821 | Eudea Lamouroux |
| 1877 | Orispongia Quenstedt |
| 2002 | Eudea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Eudea Finks et al. p. 746 |
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!
