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Cryptocoelia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Cryptocoeliidae : Cryptocoelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cryptocoelia compacta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia cylindrica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia linki ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia maxima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia multicanalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia siciliana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia wurmi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cryptocoelia zitteli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 44 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1882 | Cryptocoelia Steinmann |
2002 | Cryptocoelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Cryptocoelia Finks et al. p. 653 |
2014 | Cryptocoelia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 295 |
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!