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Hazeliidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Hazeliidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 516 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 458 - 453 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Demospongea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. C. Garcia-Bellido, M. E. Dies Alvarez, and J. A. Gamez Vintaned, E. Linan, R. Gozalo. 2011. First report of Crumillospongia (Demospongea) from the Cambrian of Europe (Murero biota, Spain). Bulletin of Geosciences 86(3):641-650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Crumillospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Falospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Hazelia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 65 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Xylochos ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Hazeliidae De Laubenfels |
| 2011 | Hazeliidae Garcia-Bellido et al. |
References
| Garcia-Bellido D. C., Dies Alvarez M. E., et al (2011) First report of Crumillospongia (Demospongea) from the Cambrian of Europe (Murero biota, Spain), Bulletin of Geosciences 86 3, 641-650 |
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!
