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Tetractinellida

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Tetractinellida is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Demospongiae by Worheide et al. (2012).

Subtaxa
Archaeoscyphidae, Astrophorida
Sister taxa
Astrophorida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tetractinellida Worheide et al. p. 28 figs. Fig. 1.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
—Tetractinellida
—Tetractinellida

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.

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Fm. †Archaeoscyphidae Rauff 1894
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G. †Hesperocoelia Bassler 1927
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†Hesperocoelia typicalis Bassler 1927
†Hesperocoelia undulata Bassler 1927
G. †Nevadocoelia Bassler 1927
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†Nevadocoelia grandis Bassler 1927
†Nevadocoelia traini Bassler 1927
†Nevadocoelia wistae Bassler 1927
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Fm. †Thrombidae Sollas 1888
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Invalid names: Thoosidae Cockerell 1925 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rangerian to the top of the Burdigalian or 471.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 470.3 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Nevadocoelia wistae (104448) Nevadocoelia wistae, Nevadocoelia grandis, Nevadocoelia traini, Hesperocoelia typicalis, Hesperocoelia undulata (119435)
Rangerian - Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Nevadocoelia pulchrata (104421)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) Hesperocoelia undulata (119486) Nevadocoelia sp. (119483 119487)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2USA (Nevada) Nevadocoelia sp. (296 226922 226923)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Italy Thoosidae indet. (241348)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Thrombidae indet., Thoosidae indet. (147807)