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Fanthalamia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Fanthalamia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vaceletida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Vaceletida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vaceletida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Vaceletida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Fanthalamia aksunensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia astoma ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia glomerata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia kadiri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia milahaensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia multicanalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Fanthalamia polystoma ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Fania Senowbari-Daryan p. 81 |
| 2004 | Fanthalamia Finks et al. p. 721 |
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!
