Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Thaumastocoelia cassiana

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Thaumastocoelia cassiana was named by Steinmann (1882). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Thaumastocoelia cassiana Steinmann
2011Thaumastocoelia cassiana Senowbari-Daryan et al. p. 408 fig. 9F

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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

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 cassiana Steinmann 1882
show all | hide all
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Fassanian to the top of the Julian or 241.46400 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary Thaumastocoelia cassiana (150424)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Thaumastocoelia cassiana (34691)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Thaumastocoelia cassiana (32923)