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Fanthalamia astoma

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae

Taxonomy
Polytholosia astoma was named by Seilacher (1962). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Fania astoma by Senowbari-Daryan (1990); it was recombined as Fanthalamia astoma by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Polytholosia astoma Seilacher
1990Fania astoma Senowbari-Daryan
2004Fanthalamia astoma Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyVerticillitidaeSteinmann 1882
subfamilyFanthalamiinaeSenowbari-Daryan and Engeser 1996
genusFanthalamia()
speciesastoma(Seilacher 1962)

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.

Fanthalamia astoma Seilacher 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Nevada) Polytholosia astoma (100412)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Polytholosia astoma (100391)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Canada (British Columbia) Fanthalamia astoma (22994)