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Poecilosclerida

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Poecilosclerida Topsent
2002Poecilosclerida Sepkoski
2004Poecilosclerida Finks et al. p. 49
2012Poecilosclerida Worheide et al. p. 31 figs. Fig. 1.4
2015Poecilosclerida West et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928

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.

Or. Poecilosclerida Topsent 1928
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Fm. Amphilectidae de Laubenfels 1936
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G. Amphilectus Vosmaer 1880
Fm. Cladorhizidae de Laubenfels 1936
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Subg. Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) Vacelet et al. 2009
Subg. Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) Ridley and Dendy 1887
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Fm. Latrunculiidae Topsent 1922
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G. Acarnia Gray 1867
G. †Makiyama
Fm. Merliidae Kirkpatrick 1908
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Fm. †Myxillidae Dendy 1922
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G. Iophonopsis Dendy 1924
G. †Oppligera
Fm. Tedaniidae Ridley and Dendy 1886
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G. Acarnus Gray 1867
G. Tedania Gray 1867
Invalid names: Acarniidae de Laubenfels 1936 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Comments: COMMENTS: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding, predatory, and photosymbionts according to Bambach et al. (2007). Siliceous spiculeso
Created: 2008-03-19 02:42:15
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:21:11
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Makiyama chitanii (70385)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Myxillidae indet. (147807)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Makiyama chitanii (70401)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Merlia sp. (56687)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Makiyama chitanii (70405)