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Malongullospongia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Anthaspidellidae : Malongullospongia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthaspidellidae : Malongullospongia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Malongullospongia Rigby & Webby, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Palaeontogr Am No. 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 467 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 456 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Lithistida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Malongullospongia delicatula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Malongullospongia Rigby and Webby |
| 2001 | Malongullospongia Percival 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!
