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Sphagoblastus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)288848https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=288848
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Fissiculata : Phaenoschismatidae : Sphagoblastus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumBlastozoaSprinkle 1973
subclassBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyPhaenoschismatidaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusSphagoblastusJell 1983
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphagoblastusgenusbelongs to Phaenoschismatidaestated without evidenceJell, 1983
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance419 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Blastoidea)
Visionblind (based on Blastoidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Blastoidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. A. Jell. 1983. Early Devonian echinoderms from Victoria (Rhombifera, Blastoidea and Ophiocistoidea). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1:209-235

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sphagoblastus adectus
species
listed (PBDB)2419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Sphagoblastus Jell

References

Jell P. A. (1983) Early Devonian echinoderms from Victoria (Rhombifera, Blastoidea and Ophiocistoidea), Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1, 209-235
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