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Ancorinidae

Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Ancorinidae

Taxonomy
Ancorinidae was named by Schmidt (1870). It is extant. Its type is Ancorina.

It was assigned to Ancorinida by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ancorinidae Schmidt
2004Ancorinidae Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
RankNameAuthor
orderAncorinidaReid 1968
familyAncorinidaeSchmidt 1870
familyAncorinidaeSchmidt 1870

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. Ancorinidae Schmidt 1870
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Subfm. Ancorininae Schmidt 1870
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G. Ancorina Schmidt 1862
G. †Discispongia Kolb 1910
G. Ecionemia Bowerbank 1862
Subfm. †Stellettinae Carter 1875
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G. Penares Gray 1867
G. †Prostolleya Lagneau-Herenger 1952
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Prostolleya cylindrata Lagneau-Herenger 1952
G. Stelletta Schmidt 1862
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Subg. †Stelletta (Stolleya) Schrammen 1899
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Stelletta (Stolleya) silvigera Finks et al. 2011
Stolleya florida Schrammen 1910
Stolleya microtulipa Schrammen 1899
Stolleya ornatissima Schrammen 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 09:18:29
Modified: 2007-10-08 11:18:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Serravallian or 167.70000 to 11.62000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Alsace) Prostolleya cylindrata (114662)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Bavaria) Discispongia unica (25411)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Discispongia sp. (114679)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Stelletta inclusa (1844)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Stolleya microtulipa, Stolleya ornatissima, Stolleya florida (110530)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Stolleya microtulipa, Stolleya ornatissima (31993)
Teurian - Waipawan66.0 - 53.0New Zealand Stelletta sp., Penares micraster, Penares palmatoclada, Penares sp. (110069)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Stelletta silvigera (119416)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Stelletta sp. (229619)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Portugal Ancorinidae indet. (117021)