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Actinostromaria

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae

Taxonomy
Actinostromaria was named by Haug (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u K Ceno Sepkoski's reference number: 761]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Actinostromariidae.

It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinostromariidae by Wood (1987), West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Actinostromaria Haug
1987Actinostromaria Wood
2002Actinostromaria Sepkoski
2015Actinostromaria West et al. p. 260

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyActinostromariidaeHudson 1955
genusActinostromariaHaug 1909

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. †Actinostromaria Haug 1909
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†Actinostromaria darroensis Zuffardi-Comerci 1931
†Actinostromaria hararina Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
†Actinostromaria motianlingensis Dong and Wang 1983
†Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2008-03-06 02:27:21
Modified: 2008-03-06 04:27:21
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 157.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia A. darroensis (100370)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21China (Xizang) A. motianlingensis (116455)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia A. shimizui (68481) A. tokadiensis (68203 68463 68482)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia A. hararina (93501)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal A. sp. (68620) A. tokadiensis (68590 68610)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania A. tokadiensis (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal A. jeanneti (34663 68585) A. tokadiensis (68594)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal A. sp. (68784)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia A. sp. (21191)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Greece A. tokadiensis (68163)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal A. sp. (25327) A. tokadiensis (68251)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria A. shimizui, A. tokadiensis (36222 36223)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany A. sp. (34608)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal A. coacta (68609)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Ukraine A. sp. (62370)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain A. jeanneti (69144)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France A. coacta, A. orthogonalis (74565)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia A. coacta (89961)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine A. sp. (67457)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France A. cantabrica (74571) A. lugeoni (74569) A. orthogonalis, A. cantabrica (74573) A. shimizui (74572)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France A. orthogonalis (64067)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany A. sp. (50421)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) A. faringdonensis (1854)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) A. sp. (89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France A. sp. (74200)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Bulgaria A. microstoma (67563)