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Acanthochaetetidae

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Acanthochaetetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Acanthochaetetidae Fischer
1981Acanthochaetetidae Hill
1983Acanthochaetetidae Reitner and Engeser
1986Acanthochaetetidae Engeser et al.
2015Acanthochaetetidae West et al. p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familyAcanthochaetetidaeFischer 1970
familyAcanthochaetetidaeFischer 1970

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. †Acanthochaetetidae Fischer 1970
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G. Acanthochaetetes Fischer 1970
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Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis Sánchez-Beristain and García-Barrera 2019
Acanthochaetetes seunesi Fischer 1970
Invalid names: Tabulospongia Mori 1976 [synonym]
G. †Diplochaetetes Weissermel 1913
G. †Septochaetetes Rios and Almela 1944
G. Willardia Willenz and Pomponi 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-03 08:01:39
Modified: 2008-03-03 10:01:39
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Wood 1987, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 154.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 149.2 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Acanthochaetetes sp. (68249)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Mexico Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis (241353)
Aptian - Cenomanian121.4 - 93.9India Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis (221660)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Acanthochaetetes seunesi (56771)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Acanthochaetetes sp. (74622)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Spirastrella seunesi (23537)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis (211031 211032)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Greece Diplochaetetes hellenicus (64253)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain Acanthochaetetes sp. (79728)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Mexico Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis (241351)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria Acanthochaetetes seunesi (67575)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Acanthochaetetes sp. (20816)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mexico Diplochaetetes mexicanus (34858)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu (Efate Island) Acanthochaetetes sp. (93099)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efate Island) Acanthochaetetes sp. (93101)