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Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1994). It is not extant. Its type locality is B. Alanköyü, Southern Anatolia, Turkey, which is in a Lacian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Türkiye.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
genusThaumastocoeliaSteinmann 1882
speciessphaeroida

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.

Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida Senowbari-Daryan 1994
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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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Türkiye (Anatolia) Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida (type locality: 38047)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Türkiye Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida (73860)