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Colospongia benjamini β
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Colospongiidae : Colospongia : Colospongia benjamini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 303 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | E. V. Boiko, G. V. Belyaeva, and I. T. Zhuravleva. 1991. Sphinktozoa Phanerozoya Territorii SSSR [Phanerozoic Sphinctozoa of the Territory of the USSR] |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1909 | Girtyocoelia benjamini Girty |
1932 | Girtyocoelia benjamini King |
1975 | Girtycoelia benjamini Petty |
1988 | Colospongia benjamini Senowbari-Daryan and di Stefano p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 1 |
1991 | Colospongia benjamini Belyaeva p. 79 figs. Pl 14, figs 3,4 |
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!