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Chondrosida

Demospongiae - Chondrosida

Taxonomy
Chondrosida was named by Boury-Esnault and Lopes (1985). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetractinomorpha by Bambach et al. (2007); to Myxospongiae by Worheide et al. (2012); and to Demospongiae by West et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Chondrosida Boury-Esnault and Lopes
2007Chondrosida Bambach et al. p. S4
2012Chondrosida Worheide et al. p. 23 figs. Fig. 1.4
2015Chondrosida West et al. p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderChondrosidaBoury-Esnault and Lopes 1985
orderChondrosidaBoury-Esnault and Lopes 1985

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Chondrosida Boury-Esnault and Lopes 1985
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Fm. †Chondrillidae Gray 1872
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G. †Calcichondrilla Reitner 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: COMMENTS: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007)o
Created: 2009-05-08 18:33:41
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:33:41
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Valanginian or 157.30000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Turkey Calcistella jachenhausenensis (173369)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Romania Calcistella jachenhausenensis (201710 201711)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Turkey Calcistella jachenhausenensis (173370)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Calcistella jachenhausenensis (196863)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria Calcistella jachenhausensis (151494)