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Fanthalamia polystoma

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae

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

It was recombined as Fania polystoma by Senowbari-Daryan (1990), Senowbari-Daryan (1994); it was recombined as Fanthalamia polystoma by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Polytholosia polystoma Seilacher
1990Fania polystoma Senowbari-Daryan
1994Fania polystoma Senowbari-Daryan p. 8 figs. 7.3-7.5
2004Fanthalamia polystoma Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyVerticillitidaeSteinmann 1882
subfamilyFanthalamiinaeSenowbari-Daryan and Engeser 1996
genusFanthalamia()
speciespolystoma(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 polystoma 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Mexico (Sonora) Fania polystoma (39170) Fanthalamia polystoma (100116)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan Polytholosia polystoma (36695)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Tajikistan Polytholosia polystoma (36699)