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Halichondrida

Demospongiae - Halichondrida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Halichondrida Gray
2004Halichondrida Finks et al. p. 46
2007Halichondrida Bambach et al. p. S5
2015Halichondrida West et al. p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHalichondridaGray 1867
orderHalichondridaGray 1867

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. Halichondrida Gray 1867
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G. †Chaetosclera Reitner and Engeser 1989
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G. Halichondria Fleming 1828
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Halichondria vosmaeri Schrammen 1910
Fm. †Hymeniacidonidae de Laubenfels 1936
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G. †Roepella van Kempen 1977
G. †Ischnspongia Wu et al. 2014
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Ischnspongia dendritica Wu et al. 2014
G. †Neuropora Bronn 1825
G. †Ptilispongia Wu et al. 2014
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G. †Stromatoaxinella Wood and Reitner 1988
Invalid names: Bubaridae Topsent 1894 [empty]
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: 2009-05-09 18:26:44
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:26:44
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cambrian to the top of the Burdigalian or 541.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 513.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian541.0 - 513.0China (Yunnan) Ptilispongia maotianshanensis, Ischnspongia dendritica (156226)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Neuropora undulata (173592)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Italy Neuropora lusitanica (218100)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Neuropora sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Czech Republic Neuropora sp. (202901)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46France Neuropora tenuinervosa (68949)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Halichondria vosmaeri (110531)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Bubaridae indet. (147807)