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Ancorinidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Ancorinida : Ancorinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (27%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Ancorinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Stellettinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Discispongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1870 | Ancorinidae Schmidt |
2004 | Ancorinidae Finks et al. |
References
Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872 |
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!