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Chaetetida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Chaetetida | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Chaetetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Chaetetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Erect and surcifical, non-motile attached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Chaetetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chaetetidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 356 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Cryptolichenariidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Desmidoporidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 427 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Tiverinidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 433 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Conochaetetes ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Magnicanalifera ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Obscurospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Chaetetida Okulitch |
| 1981 | Chaetetida Hill |
| 2004 | Chaetetida Kiessling |
References
| Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
| Kiessling W. (2004) Ecology opinions |
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!
