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Eiffelia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Heteractinida : Octactinellida : Eiffeliidae : Eiffelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Heteractinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Eiffelia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Heteractinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Eiffelia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Epifaunal suspension feeder (Caron & Jackson, 2008); erect, non-motile attached, supension (Bambach et al., 2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Heteractinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Eiffelia araniformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 44 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eiffelia globosa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Eiffelia hispanica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 497 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
| Lenastella aculeata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Lenastella mucronata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Lenastella umbonata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1920 | Eiffelia Walcott |
| 1981 | Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
| 2002 | Eiffelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Eiffelia Skovsted p. 1095 |
| 2007 | Eiffelia Bambach et al. p. S80 |
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!
