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Amphorithalamia cateniformis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4980405	https://www.gbif.org/species/4980405
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	128921	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=128921

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Amphorithalamia : Amphorithalamia cateniformis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Amphorithalamia : Amphorithalamia cateniformis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongea
subclass	Ceractinomorpha	Levi 1953
order	Agelasida	Verrill 1907
family	Girtyocoeliidae	Finks et al. 2004
genus	Amphorithalamia	Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
species	Amphorithalamia cateniformis	Senowbari-Daryan & Rigby 1988

Generic Name

Amphorithalamia

Scientific Name

Amphorithalamia cateniformis Senowbari-Daryan & Rigby, 1988

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amphorithalamia cateniformis	species	belongs to Amphorithalamia	stated with evidence	Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

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)

B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Amphorithalamia cateniformis Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 202 figs. Pl 36, figs 6,8; text-fig 14

References

Senowbari-Daryan B., Rigby J.K. (1988) Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia, Facies 19, 171-250

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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