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Mastosia

Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Vetulinidae

Taxonomy
Mastosia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vetulininae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mastosia Sepkoski
2004Mastosia Finks et al. p. 269

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderMonalithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1955
RankNameAuthor
suborderSphaerocladinaSchrammen 1924
familyVetulinidaeLendenfeld 1904
subfamilyVetulininaevon Lendenfeld 1904
genusMastosia

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. †Mastosia
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Mastosia rhytidodes Mehl and Fürsich 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Aptian or 167.70000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) M. rhytidodes (93561)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (1839)