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Ellipsactinia
Taxonomy
Ellipsactinia is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Porifera by Stearn and Stock (2015).
It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Porifera by Stearn and Stock (2015).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Ellipsactinia Sepkoski |
| 2015 | Ellipsactinia Stearn and Stock p. 308 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Valanginian or 227.30000 to 132.60000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norian | China (Qinghai) | E. qinghaiensis (150592) | |
| Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Slovenia | E. sp. (39809) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Algeria | E. sp. (79366) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Croatia | E. ellipsoidea (21191) E. polypora (21193) E. portisi, E. micropora, E. ellipsoidea (21187) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Austria | E. caprense, E. ellipsoidea (36222) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Croatia | E. micropora, E. macropora, E. caprense, E. velebitica, E. tyrrhenica (21188) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Italy | E. sp. (68259) | |
| Valanginian | North Atlantic | E. sp. (45348) |