Protospongiidae

No picture of Protospongiidae was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Protospongiidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ProtospongioideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Reticulosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Reticulosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Reticulosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Hexactinellida
Environment
marinePBDB, for Hexactinellida

Time the record covers

At least 156 million years on record.

The record covers at least 538.8 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 635 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Cambrian — about 162 of 203 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 9 of 203 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 19 of 203 occurrencesDevonian — about 12 of 203 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 203 occurrences641–631 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences631–621 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences621–612 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences612–602 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences602–593 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences593–583 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences583–574 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences574–564 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences564–554 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences554–545 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences545–535 Mya — about 1 occurrence535–526 Mya — about 7 occurrences526–516 Mya — about 51 occurrences516–507 Mya — about 33 occurrences507–497 Mya — about 64 occurrences497–487 Mya — about 5 occurrences487–478 Mya — about 5 occurrences478–468 Mya — about 3 occurrences459–449 Mya — about 1 occurrence449–439 Mya — about 1 occurrence439–430 Mya — about 6 occurrences430–420 Mya — about 12 occurrences420–411 Mya — about 6 occurrences411–401 Mya — about 1 occurrence401–392 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences392–382 Mya — about 3 occurrences382–372 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences372–363 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences363–353 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences538.8 Mya382.31 Mya641 Mya353 Mya

203 occurrences of Protospongiidae on record, most of them in the Cambrian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

203 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

57 formations

Burgess Shale — 51.44°N, 116.47°WBurgess Shale — 51.38°N, 116.43°WMarjum — 39.22°N, 113.33°WMarjum — 39.23°N, 112.33°WMarjum — 39.27°N, 113.28°WMarjum — 39.00°N, 113.00°WYu'anshan — 25.33°N, 103.50°EYu'anshan — 24.77°N, 102.58°EYu'anshan — 24.87°N, 102.83°EPestrotsvet — 57.25°N, 131.20°EPestrotsvet — 60.70°N, 124.72°EPestrotsvet — 60.82°N, 125.00°EPestrotsvet — 60.92°N, 125.77°EPestrotsvet — 60.83°N, 125.40°ERoberts Mountains — 41.43°N, 114.94°WRoberts Mountains — 41.28°N, 116.07°WYuanshan — 24.81°N, 102.58°EYuanshan — 24.84°N, 102.41°EYuanshan — 25.40°N, 103.38°EYuanshan — 25.72°N, 103.99°EWheeler Shale — 39.36°N, 111.59°WWheeler Shale — 39.20°N, 113.30°WWheeler Shale — 39.36°N, 113.28°WWheeler Shale — 39.29°N, 113.31°WHetang — 29.92°N, 118.08°EQiongzhusi — 24.68°N, 102.98°EQiongzhusi — 24.65°N, 102.97°ENiutitang — 29.37°N, 110.53°ENiutitang — 27.55°N, 106.23°ENiutitang — 27.67°N, 106.68°EEl Mogallón — 28.91°N, 109.28°WStephen — 51.40°N, 116.48°WStephen — 51.17°N, 116.05°WXistos com Nodulos — 38.13°N, 6.98°WLos Sombreros — 31.28°S, 69.19°WLos Sombreros — 31.37°S, 69.27°WHuangboling — 30.10°N, 116.93°EHuangboling — 30.08°N, 117.00°ERed Hill Beds — 40.05°N, 116.04°WMarjum Limestone — 39.22°N, 113.40°WSchaghticoke — 42.64°N, 73.61°WLead Bell Shale — 41.50°N, 112.02°WLead Bell Shale — 42.00°N, 112.00°WLower Alum Shale — 55.00°N, 15.00°EWheeler — 39.50°N, 112.99°WCabitza Limestone — 39.40°N, 8.52°EDuchesnay — 51.10°N, 115.95°WDuchesnay — 50.63°N, 115.60°WYangliugang — 28.82°N, 118.60°E

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The named rock units Protospongiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 33 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Protospongiidae and its relatives

Cambrian

Where Protospongiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Cambrian.

Found in the same rock

1,195 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 102 sites for Protospongiidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

77 references

Each of the 203 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 65 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Protospongiidae was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Protospongiidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Protospongiidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hinde 1887