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Pyramispongia

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae

Taxonomy
Pyramispongia was named by Pessagno (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Turo-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pyramispongiidae.

It was assigned to Cavaspongiidae by Zügel (1997); to Pyramispongiidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Nodotetraedra pala, P. barmsteinensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. costaricensis, P. costarricensis, P. glascockensis, P. magnifica
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Pyramispongia Pessagno
1997Pyramispongia Zügel
2001Pyramispongia De Wever et al. p. 166
2002Nodotetraedra Sepkoski
2002Pyramispongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyramispongiidaeKozur and Mostler 1978
genusPyramispongiaPessagno 1973

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.

G. †Pyramispongia Pessagno 1973
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Invalid names: Nodotetraedra [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Santonian or 165.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy Nodotetraedra pala (47163) Nodotetraedra sp. C, Nodotetraedra pala (47164)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Italy Nodotetraedra pala (47168)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Nodotetraedra pala (47162)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany P. magnifica (67105 67106)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. barmsteinensis (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) P. barmsteinensis (51151 81855)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica P. sp. A (46962 46965 46966)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. A, P. sp. B, P. sp. C, P. barmsteinensis (83083)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47165 47167)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51222 51226)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51231)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Oman P. barmsteinensis (125381)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Oman P. barmsteinensis (125309)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51196)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47169)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Oman Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47171 47172 47173 47175 47178) Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis, Nodotetraedra pala (47174 47176) P. barmsteinensis (125289 125384)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51197 51198 51201 51202 51214)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51216)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Oman P. barmsteinensis (125291)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51217)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman P. barmsteinensis (125357)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47179)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Oman P. barmsteinensis (125282)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Oman P. barmsteinensis (125285)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy P. costarricensis (77178)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy P. costarricensis, P. glascockensis (78742) P. glascockensis (78741)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy P. costarricensis (77274)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) P. glascockensis (54066 54068 54069)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy P. glascockensis (77110 77177)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Türkiye (Antalya) P. glascockensis (95767)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (165999)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Türkiye (Antalya) P. glascockensis (95768)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan (Hokkaido) P. glascockensis (96032 96033)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Germany (Bayern) P. costaricensis, P. glascockensis (95842)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) P. glascockensis (96035 96036 96037 96038 96039 96040 96041)