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Disjectopora ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Disjectoporidae : Disjectopora | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Disjectopora Waagen & Wentzel, 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pal. Ind., (13) 1, no. 7, 942 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Porifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Porifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Disjectopora beipeiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 272 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Disjectopora dubia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Disjectopora gaetanii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Disjectopora globosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Disjectopora irregulara ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1888 | Disjectopora Waagen and Wentzel |
| 1991 | Tritubulistroma Wu p. 100 |
| 2002 | Disjectopora Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Disjectopora Senowbari-Daryan et al. |
| 2010 | Disjectopora Stearn p. 1 |
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!
