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Alpinothalamia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Hadromerida : Celyphiidae : Alpinothalamia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 237 Ma Middle Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hadromerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Alpinothalamia bavarica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Alpinothalamia minima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Alpinothalamia polysiphonata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Alpinothalamia slovenica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1990 | Alpinothalamia Senowbari-Daryan |
2002 | Alpinothalamia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Alpinothalamia Finks et al. p. 725 |
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!