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Girtyocoeliana ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82628https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82628
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Girtyocoeliidae : Girtyocoeliana
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongea
subclassCeractinomorphaLevi 1953
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyGirtyocoeliidaeFinks et al. 2004
genusGirtyocoelianaRigby et al. 2005
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Girtyocoelianagenusbelongs to Girtyocoeliidaestated without evidenceRigby et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Environmentmarine (based on Agelasida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Agelasida)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Agelasida)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Agelasida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Agelasida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. K. Rigby, S. M. Karl, and R. B. Blodgett, J. F. Baichtal. 2005. Ordovician "sphinctozoan" sponges from Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 79(5):862-870

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Girtyocoeliana Rigby et al. p. 867
2008Girtyocoeliana Rigby et al.

References

Rigby J. K., Karl S. M., et al (2005) Ordovician "sphinctozoan" sponges from Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 79 5, 862-870
Rigby J. K., Blodgett R. B., et al (2008) Ordovician sponges from west-central and east-central Alaska and western Yukon Territory, Canada, Bulletin of Geosciences 83 2, 153-168
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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