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Spengelidae
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hemichordata : Enteropneusta : Spengelidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Spengelidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Willey, Arthur, 1899: Enteropneusta from the South Pacific, with notes on the West Indian Species. Zoological results based on material from New Briton, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897. Part III, no. 16. 223-331. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | no hard parts (based on Hemichordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. B. Cameron. 2016. Saccoglossus testa from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian of Illinois) and the evolution of acorn worms (Enteropneusta: Hemichordata). Palaeontology 59:329-336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ハネナシギボシムシ |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Glandiceps genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mazoglossus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Schizocardium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spengelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Willeyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Spengeliidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Hemichordata : Enteropneusta : Spengeliidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1899 | Spengelidae Willey |
| 2016 | Spengelidae Cameron p. 331 |
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!
