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Girtyocoeliidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 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) | R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amphorithalamia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Enoplocoelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 269 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Girtycoelia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Girtyocoelia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 94 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Girtyocoeliana ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Henricellum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 260 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Phraethalamia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 254 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Polyedra ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 290 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Ramosothalamiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Sollasia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 220 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Sollasiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2004 | Girtyocoeliidae Finks et al. p. 658 |
| 2008 | Girtyocoeliidae Rigby et al. |
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!
