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Farreidae
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Farreidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hexactinosa : Farreidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Farreidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Gray, J.E. (1872). Notes on the Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 9(54): 442-461. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (36%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 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. K. Rigby and Y. Albi. 1996. An Upper Miocene hexactinellid xponge from the Puente Shale, Orange County, California. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):908-913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | キヌアミカイメン |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Asceptrulum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoscopulia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chonodictyon genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Claviscopulia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Farrea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hormathospongia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Lonchiphora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sarostegia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Asceptrula axialis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1885 | Farreidae Schulze |
| 1996 | Farreidae Rigby and Albi p. 909 |
| 2012 | Farreidae Worheide et al. p. 35 figs. Fig. 1.5 |
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!
