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Colospongiinae β
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Colospongiidae : Colospongiinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 303 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Colospongia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 249 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Colospongiella β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Hajarispongia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Subascosymplegma β genus | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Tristratocoelia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Uvothalamia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Colospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan |
| 1998 | Colospongiinae Stanley, Jr. |
| 2004 | Colospongiinae Finks et al. p. 697 |
| 2014 | Colospongiinae Amirhassankhani et al. p. 294 |
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!
