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Anguispongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy

Anguispongia was named by Senowbari-Daryan (2005). Its type is Anguispongia parva.

It was assigned to Auriculospongiinae by Senowbari-Daryan (2005), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014).

Species

A. alpina, A. magna, A. parva (type species), A. siciliana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2005	Anguispongia Senowbari-Daryan
2014	Anguispongia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 298

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongiae	(Sollas 1875)
order	Agelasida	Verrill 1907

Rank	Name	Author
family	Auriculospongiidae
subfamily	Auriculospongiinae	Termier and Termier 1977
genus	Anguispongia

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.

G. †Anguispongia Senowbari-Daryan 2005

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†Anguispongia alpina Senowbari-Daryan 2009

†Anguispongia magna Senowbari-Daryan 2005

†Anguispongia parva Senowbari-Daryan 2005

†Anguispongia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Created:

2007-09-07 05:16:14

Modified:

2009-05-09 20:07:15

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Rhaetian or 233.60000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Türkiye	A. alpina (60470)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye	A. alpina (73860)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye (Anatolia)	A. alpina (38047)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Austria (Calcareous Alps)	A. sp., A. alpina (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Italy	A. magna, A. alpina, A. siciliana (170144)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Iran	A. parva (197554)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Türkiye	A. alpina (183679)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Iran	A. parva (175088)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Iran	A. parva (37959 37960) A. parva, A. magna (37961)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Iran (Esfahan)	A. parva (117469)