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Fanthalamia aksunensis

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae

Taxonomy
Fania aksunensis was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1990). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aksu, Taurus, which is in a Tuvalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Kasimlar Formation of Türkiye.

It was recombined as Fanthalamia aksunensis by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2011-09-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Fania aksunensis Senowbari-Daryan
2004Fanthalamia aksunensis Finks et al.

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

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 aksunensis Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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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, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Türkiye (Isparta) Fania aksunensis (type locality: 45514)