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Hadromerida
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Hadromerida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (7.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | COMMENTS: Erect, surficial, semi-infaunal, and shallow infaunal non-motile attached suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Acanthochaetetidae family | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cassianothalamiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Celyphiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 280 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ceotinellidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Polysiphonidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 269 Ma Permian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Calcistella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Ditraenella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Gomphites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Latrunculia genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Rhopaloconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Thoosa genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Hadromerida Topsent |
| 2002 | Hadromerida Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Hadromerida Finks et al. p. 724 |
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!
