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Astrocladia
Taxonomy
Astrocladia was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Maes]. It is not extant. Its type is Asterospongia laevis. It is the type genus of Astrocladiidae.
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astrocladiidae by Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astrocladiidae by Finks et al. (2004).
Species
Asterospongia laevis (type species), A. subramosa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Asterospongia Roemer |
| 1878 | Astrocladia Zittel |
| 2002 | Asterospongia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Astrocladia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Astrocladia Finks et al. p. 221 |
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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. †Astrocladia Zittel 1878
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†Astrocladia subramosa Roemer 1864
Invalid names: Asterospongia Roemer 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Turonian | Germany (Bayern) | A. subramosa (114012) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Czechia | A. sp. (90517) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | A. subramosa (110612) | |
| Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | A. subramosa (110530 110615) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Poland | A. subramosa, A. laevis (241268 241273) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | A. subramosa (112628 112629) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | A. subramosa (31993) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Poland | A. subramosa (241277) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | A. subramosa (110340) |