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Tebagathalamiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Tebagathalamiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Graminospongia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Tebagathalamia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 269 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Tebagathalamiidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 192 |
| 2004 | Tebagathalamiidae Finks et al. p. 706 |
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!
