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Hazeliidae

Demospongiae - Hazeliidae

Taxonomy
Hazeliidae was named by De Laubenfels (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Hazelia.

It was assigned to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004), Garcia-Bellido et al. (2011); and to Demospongiae by Kolesnikov et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Hazeliidae De Laubenfels
2004Hazeliidae Finks et al. p. 26
2011Hazeliidae Garcia-Bellido et al.
2024Hazeliidae Kolesnikov et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
familyHazeliidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
familyHazeliidaeDe Laubenfels 1955

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.

Fm. †Hazeliidae De Laubenfels 1955
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G. †Crumillospongia Rigby 1986
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Crumillospongia frondosa Walcott 1919
Crumillospongia mureroensis Garcia-Bellido et al. 2011
G. †Falospongia Rigby 1986
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Falospongia falata Rigby 1986
Falospongia ramosa Rigby and Collins 2004
G. †Hazelia Walcott 1920
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Hazelia conferta Walcott 1920
Hazelia crateria Rigby 1986
Hazelia delicatula Walcott 1920
Hazelia dignata Walcott 1920
Hazelia grandis Walcott 1920
Hazelia lobata Rigby and Collins 2004
Hazelia luteria Rigby 1986
Hazelia nodulifera Walcott 1920
Hazelia obscura Walcott 1920
Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920
Hazelia walcotti Resser and Howell 1938
G. †Keithospongos Kolesnikov et al. 2024
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Keithospongos loricatus Kolesnikov et al. 2024
G. †Xylochos Botting 2004
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Xylochos palindromica Botting 2004
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. Kolesnikov et al. 2024Thin-walled sponges with skeleton com-posed of minute oxeas arranged in a three-dimensional network of dense tufts of parallel spicules, imparting an anastomosing or sub-isodictyal fibrous pattern to the skeletal surface. Tangential sub-longitudinal array of oxeas forming a dermal layer in many taxa. Projecting tufts of oxeas may be present, extending perpendicularly through the sponge surface
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Sandbian or 521.00000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Spain (Aragon) Crumillospongia mureroensis (120550 120552)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Crumillospongia sp., Hazelia sp. (86929 86930) Hazelia palmata (68083 86851)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Hubai) Crumillospongia sp., Hazelia sp. (219687)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) Hazelia sp. (132329 132330) Hazelia sp.nov (194143 194150 194153 194155 194160 194161 194162 194163)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Pennsylvania) Leptomitus walcotti (192 226192)
Dyeran - Delamaran515.3 - 505.3USA (Pennsylvania) Hazelia walcotti (121236)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Crumillospongia sp., Hazelia conferta, Falospongia ramosa (121959) Crumillospongia sp., Hazelia sp., Falospongia falata (84424 84426 84427 84428) Falospongia sp., Hazelia palmata, Hazelia conferta, Hazelia crateria, Hazelia delicatula, Hazelia dignata, Hazelia luteria, Hazelia obscura, Hazelia lobata, Hazelia nodulifera, Falospongia falata, Crumillospongia frondosa, Crumillospongia biporosa (121962) Hazelia dignata (121964) Hazelia palmata (121961) Hazelia palmata, Falospongia ramosa (121960) Hazelia palmata, Hazelia conferta, Hazelia delicatula, Hazelia grandis (121957) Hazelia palmata, Hazelia dignata, Falospongia ramosa (121963) Hazelia sp. (84412 84413 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84420 84421 84422 84423 84425 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) Hazelia sp. (188664)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Falospongia ramosa, Crumillospongia frondosa (122017) Hazelia delicatula (122094) Hazelia sp. (215)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Iran (Semnan) Hazeliidae indet. (22822)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Hazelia palmata (7909)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Archaeoscyphidae indet. (261) Crumillospongia sp., Hazelia sp. (230681) Hazelia palmata (230679)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Crumillospongia frondosa (122072)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) Xylochos sp. (216511)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Wales) Xylochos palindromica (120626 120627 120628 120629)