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Eoscheiella ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Streptosclerophorida : Hindiidae : Eoscheiella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Tetractinomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tetractinomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Tetractinomorpha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. G. Carrera. 2007. The oldest hindiid demosponge from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Argentine Precordillera: evolutionary implications for the triclanocladines. Journal of Paleontology 81(4):754-759 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eoscheiella concava ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Eoscheiella Carrera |
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!
