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Chiastoclonellidae

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Chiastoclonellidae Rauff
2004Chiastoclonellidae Finks et al. p. 118
2006Chiastoclonellidae Rigby and Bell p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895

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. †Chiastoclonellidae Rauff 1895
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G. †Actinocoelia Finks 1960
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†Actinocoelia ossa Deng 1981
†Actinocoelia verrucosa Finks 1960
G. †Allassospongia Rigby 1986
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Invalid names: Anomoclonella [synonym], Pycnopegma [synonym]
G. †Chiastocolumnia Rigby and Bell 2006
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†Chiastocolumnia cylindrica Rigby and Bell 2006
G. †Craterospongiella Rigby et al. 2006
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†Craterospongiella sinensis Rigby et al. 2006
G. †Defordia King 1943
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†Defordia defuncta King 1943
†Defordia densa Finks 1960
†Defordia digitata Rigby 1984
†Defordia foliata Rigby 1984
†Defordia lobata Finks 1960
†Defordia verrucula Rigby 1984
G. †Insulipora Finks 1960
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†Insulipora elegans Finks 1960
G. †Pseudovirgulopsis Deng 1981
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G. †Rutkowskiella Rigby 1977
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†Rutkowskiella tumula Rigby 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Changhsingian or 469.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Nei Mongol) Craterospongiella sinensis (120572)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Rutkowskiella tumula (111894)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Allassospongia polystromne (84826)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Alberta) Rutkowskiella tumula (112137)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Canada (British Columbia) Chiastoclonellidae indet. (111884)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Actinocoelia maeandrina (108390)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Defordia digitata, Defordia verrucula (41507) Defordia foliata (41510 41511)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Actinocoelia maeandrina (108356 108360 108361 108364 108378 108383) Chiastoclonellidae indet., Actinocoelia maeandrina (108369) Defordia defuncta, Actinocoelia verrucosa (43491 43494 43515) Defordia densa (108347 108349 108351 108352 108353 108357 108359 108365 108367 108368 108370 108375 108385) Defordia densa, Actinocoelia maeandrina (108354 108372 108376) Defordia lobata (43566) Defordia sp., Insulipora elegans, Defordia densa (43574) Insulipora elegans, Defordia defuncta (43534)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Chiastocolumnia cylindrica (75969)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Actinocoelia maeandrina (108305)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) Pseudovirgulopsis solus (107292)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Actinocoelia ossa (107298)