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Lefroyella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2235827	https://www.gbif.org/species/2235827
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	3980	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3980

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Euretidae : Lefroyella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hexactinosa : Euretidae : Lefroyella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Hexactinellida	Schmidt 1870
subclass	Hexasterophora	Schulze 1886
order	Hexactinosa	Schrammen 1903
family	Euretidae	Zittel 1877
subfamily	Polythyridinae	Schrammen 1912
genus	Lefroyella	Thomson 1878

Scientific Name

Lefroyella Thomson, 1878

Name Published In

Thomson, Charles W. 1878. The voyage of the "Challenger" : the Atlantic : a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. Harper, London. Vol. 1: 1-399.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lefroyella	genus	belongs to Lychniscosa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lefroyella	genus	belongs to Polythyridinae	stated with evidence	Finks et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hexactinellida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Hexactinosa)

Vision

blind (based on Hexactinellida)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hexactinosa)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Hexactinellida)

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
Lefroyella ceramensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lefroyella cerannensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lefroyella crispis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lefroyella decora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lefroyella favoidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lefroyella montenati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lefroyella zitteli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Syringidium Schmidt, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Euretidae : *Syringidium*
Leporella Agassiz, 1878	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Euretidae : *Leporella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Lefroyella Thomson
2002	Lefroyella Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Lefroyella Finks et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872

Thomson, C. Wyville. (1878). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1. xx+391 pp. (Harper & Borthers: New York). - via World Register of Marine Species

Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877. pp 1301-1331. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). - via World Register of Marine Species

Thomson, C. Wyville. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1. xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London). - via World Register of Marine Species

Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Voy. Challenger Atlant., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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