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Sollasellidae

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Sollasellidae von Lendenfeld
2004Sollasellidae Finks et al. p. 21
2006Sollasellidae Rigby and Bell p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familySollasellidaevon Lendenfeld 1887
familySollasellidaevon Lendenfeld 1887

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.

Fm. †Sollasellidae von Lendenfeld 1887
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G. †Luterospongia Rigby et al. 2008
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Luterospongia texana Rigby et al. 2008
G. †Mckittrickella Rigby et al. 2007
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Mckittrickella pratti Rigby et al. 2007
G. †Monaxoradiata Rigby and Bell 2006
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Monaxoradiata lamina Rigby and Bell 2006
G. †Opetionella Zittel 1878
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Opetionella poculum Schrammen 1910
Opetionella radians Zittel 1878
G. †Rhizopsis Schrammen 1910
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Rhizopsis horrida Schrammen 1910
G. Sollasella von Lendenfeld 1888
G. †Stramentella Gerasimov 1960
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Stramentella helminthophora Gerasimov 1960
Stramentella ostaschovensis Gerasimov 1960
G. †Trichospongiella Rigby 1971
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Trichospongiella hystrix Whiteaves 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Bartonian or 450.20000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 449.6 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Trichospongiella hystrix (120497)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) Coniculospongia radiata (3595) Coniculospongia radiata, Ginkgospongia foliata (3600) Ginkgospongia foliata (3597)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Czechia (Moravia) Sphaeriella sp. (3752 3753 3754 3766)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) Sphaeriella sp. (3385 3386)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Czechia (Moravia) Sphaeriella sp. (3394)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Alabama) Sphaeriella radiata (5872)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) Rhizopsis sp. (233399 233402)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Luterospongia texana (111699)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Mckittrickella pratti (75975 75976) Monaxoradiata lamina (75969)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) Stramentella helminthophora (116450)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Stramentella ostaschovensis (116451)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Stramentella ostaschovensis (2515)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Opetionella radians (110963) Rhizopsis horrida, Opetionella poculum (110531)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Rhizopsis horrida (110530)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Opetionella sp. (61247)