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Axinellida

Demospongiae - Axinellida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Axinellida Bergquist
2004Axinellida Finks et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
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subclassTetractinomorphaLévi 1956
orderAxinellidaBergquist 1967
orderAxinellidaBergquist 1967

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.

Or. †Axinellida Bergquist 1967
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Fm. †Agelasidae Verrill 1907
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G. †Ropalospongia Mostler 1994
G. Astrosclerida Lister 1900
Fm. Axinellidae Carter 1875
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G. Axinella Schmidt 1862
Fm. Ceratoporellidae Hartmann and Goreau 1972
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G. †Preceratoporella Termier and Termier 1977
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†Preceratoporella tunisiana Termier and Termier 1977
Fm. †Cladocoropsidae Termier 1977
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G. †Cladocoropsis Felix 1907
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†Cladocoropsis dubertreti Hudson 1954
†Cladocoropsis lindstroemi Kano et al. 2007
G. †Sarmentofascis Termier 1977
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†Sarmentofascis benesti Termier 1977
†Sarmentofascis cretacica Turnsek 1968
†Sarmentofascis fasciculata Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
G. †Cylicoopsis Le Maitre 1937
Fm. †Neuroporidae Termier et al. 1985
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G. †Periomipora Termier 1985
Fm. †Syringostrominidae Lecompte 1952
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G. †Syringostromina Lecompte 1952
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†Syringostromina pruvosti Lecompte 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Comments: Kiessling (2002): Jurassic–Cretaceous stromatoporoids were probably preferentially high-Mg calcitic (Van de Poel and Schlager, 1994).o
Created: 2007-09-07 04:30:05
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:30:05
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Finks et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wordian to the top of the Burdigalian or 266.90000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 259.51 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Preceratoporella tunisiana (42092 42094)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Praeceratoporella sp. (36221)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Pantokratoria fasiculata (42258)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Greece Pantokratoria fasciculata (56714)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary Ellipsactinia sp. (23870)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18India Cladocoropsis sp. (36385 36386)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Russian Federation Pamirostroma sp. (40409)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan Pamirostroma tenuis, Pamirostroma ramosa (34648)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Peru (Arequipa region) Cladocoropsis mirabilis (38079)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Thailand Cladocoropsis mirabilis (127116)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Thailand Cladocoropsis mirabilis (79546)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21China (Xizang) Cladocoropsis mirabilis (116455) Cladocoropsis mirabilis, Cladocoropsis dubertreti (116457)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Croatia Cladocoropsis mirabilis (21186)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Xizang) Cladocoropsis sp. (61424 61427)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Cladocoropsis memorianaumanni, Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68202 68463) Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68197) Cladocoropsis sp., Cladocoropsis memorianaumanni, Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68478 68481) Cladocoropsis sp., Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68479)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal Periomipora elegantissima (68246)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68587 68588 68620)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Portugal Periomipora elegantissima (68245) Periomipora elegantissima, Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68243)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68244)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Croatia Cladocoropsis velebitica (21203)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Algeria Cladocoropsis memorianaumanni (79373) Cladocoropsis mirabilis (196454)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Greece Cladocoropsis mirabilis (85964)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Cladocoropsis mirabilis, Syringostromina pruvosti (68249) Sarmentofascis fasciculata (68247)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Mexico (Puebla) Cladocoropsis mirabilis (89638)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Greece Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68163)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Cladocoropsis mirabilis (68250) Periomipora elegantissima, Cladocoropsis mirabilis, Sarmentofascis benesti (68251)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Ukraine Cladocoropsis mirabilis (62370)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1France Cladocoropsis mirabilis (78570)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Iran Cladocoropsis lindstroemi (116552)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy Cladocoropsis sp. (196864)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Portugal Cladocoropsis mirabilis (34584)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Algeria Cladocoropsis mirabilis (64315)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Cladocoropsis cretacica (221641)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Axinella sp. (1839)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Cladocoropsis mirabilis (148656)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Agelasidae indet. (147807)