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Girtyocoelia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Girtyocoelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Senowbari-Daryan and R. Ingavat-Helmcke. 1994. Sponge assemblage of some Upper Permian reef limestones from Phrae province (Northern Thailand). Geologija 36:5-59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Girtyocoelia beedei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 67 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Girtyocoelia canna ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Girtyocoelia epiporata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Girtyocoelia gracilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Girtyocoelia minima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Girtyocoelia orientalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Girtyocoelia sphaera ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1909 | Girtyocoelia Cossman |
| 1909 | Heterocoelia Girty |
| 1984 | Apocoelia Rigby p. 1453 |
| 1986 | Girtyocoelia Rigby and Potter |
| 1988 | Girtyocoelia Rigby et al. |
| 1994 | Girtyocoelia Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke |
| 2002 | Apocoelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Girtyocoelia Finks et al. p. 658 |
| 2008 | Girtyocoelia Rigby et al. |
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!
