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Cassianothalamia

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae

Taxonomy
Cassianothalamia was named by Reitner (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 941]. It is not extant. Its type is Cassianothalamia zardinii.

It was assigned to Cassianothalamiidae by Reitner (1987); to Hadromerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Celyphiidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Species
C. cylindrica, C. zardinii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Cassianothalamia Reitner
2002Cassianothalamia Sepkoski
2015Cassianothalamia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familyCelyphiidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusCassianothalamiaReitner 1987

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. †Cassianothalamia Reitner 1987
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Cassianothalamia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Cassianothalamia zardinii Reitner 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: Skeletal mineralogy according to Wendt (1990)g
Created: 2007-10-08 02:25:00
Modified: 2007-10-08 04:25:00
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 235.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy C. zardinii (182570 182585)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy C. zardinii (34691)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey C. sp. (60469)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Austria C. zardinii (69262)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) C. cylindrica (38047 38048)