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Doryderma (Brochodora) ✝
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Megalithistida : Pleromatidae : Doryderma : Doryderma (Brochodora) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 112 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Lithistida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brochodora latiramea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Doryderma (Brochodora) ramusculus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Doryderma (Brochodora) roemeri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1910 | Brochodora Schrammen |
1910 | Doryderma (Brochodora) Schrammen |
2002 | Brochodora Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!