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Clionolithes

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae

Taxonomy
Clionolithes was named by Clark (1908). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Clionaidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-07-20; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-26

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Clionolithes Clark
1975Clionolithes Hantzschel
2002Olkenbachia Sepkoski
2004Clionolithes Finks et al. p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyClionaidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusClionolithesClark 1908

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. †Clionolithes Clark 1908
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Invalid names: Olkenbachia [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975Bent or cracked borings, generally radiating in one plane to all sides from very small central cavity; commonly branching dichotomously; diameter several mm; always etched into shell or some host animal.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Kobluk et al (1978).g
Created: 2009-07-20 11:13:34
Modified: 2009-07-20 13:13:34
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Kobluk et al. 1978

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 419.62000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (24907 25705)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (8344 8353)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) C. sollei (75683 75691) C. sp. (8503 8504 8508)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Morocco C. sp. (226635)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) C. sp. (5619)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2France C. sp. (65764 65766)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp. (38298 38299 38300)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Montana) C. sp. (5632 5646)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) C. radicans (5611)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. (73944 73945 73946 73949 73950 73951 73952 73953 73954 73955 73956 73957 73997)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. (73943)