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Amphoriscidae
| Description | Amphoriscidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoriscidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Leucosolenida : Amphoriscidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Amphoriscidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series). 5: 69-116. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoriscidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amphoriscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leucilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paraleucilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series). 5: 69-116. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series). 5: 69-116. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
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!
