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Melonella ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tetralithistida : Cylindrophymatidae : Melonella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 156 - 151 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Melonella radiata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1878 | Melonella Zittel |
2002 | Melonella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Melonella Finks et al. p. 254 |
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!