†family Thaumastocoeliidae Ott 1967 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Alternative spelling: Thaumastocoelidae

Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014

See also Boiko et al. 1991, Fan et al. 2002, Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015

Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Virgolidae

Subtaxa: Enoplocoeliinae Kovacsia Shotorithalamia Thaumastocoelia Thaumastocoeliinae

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Type: Thaumastocoelia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (8 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (12), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (14), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (9), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (5), Turkey (4), United States (1: Idaho)

• Permian of China (28), Greece (1), Iran (2), Italy (3), Oman (7), the Russian Federation (12), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (22), Ukraine (2), United States (164: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Carboniferous of Austria (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Ordovician of United States (12: Alaska, California)

Total: 333 collections including 421 occurrences

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