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Raanespongia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Raanespongia was named by Rigby and Terrell (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 213]. Its type is Raanespongia monilis.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astylospongiidae by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (2007).

Species
R. iranica, R. monilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Raanespongia Rigby and Terrell p. 1438
2002Raanespongia Sepkoski
2007Raanespongia Senowbari-Daryan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusRaanespongia

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. †Raanespongia Rigby and Terrell 1973
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Raanespongia iranica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007
Raanespongia monilis Rigby and Terrell 1973
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Nunavut) R. monilis (111868 111871 111872 111874)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran R. iranica (75767)