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Tabulospongida

Demospongiae - Tabulospongida

Taxonomy
Tabulospongida was named by Hartmann and Goreau (1975). It is extant.

It was assigned to Demospongia by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Leiochaetetes, Metamsassia, Pamirochaetetes, Parastromatoporidae, Precaratoporella, Pseudochaetetes
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Tabulospongida Hartmann and Goreau
2002Tabulospongida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderTabulospongidaHartmann and Goreau 1975
orderTabulospongidaHartmann and Goreau 1975

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. Tabulospongida Hartmann and Goreau 1975
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Fm. †Parastromatoporidae Hudson 1959
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G. †Hudsonella Turnsek 1966
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†Hudsonella dobrogensis Turnsek and Barbulescu 1969
G. †Precaratoporella Termier and Termier 1977
G. †Pseudochaetetes Peterhans 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: = chaetetids. Aragonitic according to Cremer (1995)o
Created: 2007-09-07 05:30:12
Modified: 2007-09-07 07:30:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Cenomanian or 432.90000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Nunavut) Pseudochaetetes sp. (79384)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Basse-Normandie) Pseudochaetetes devoniensis (78171)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China Pseudochaetetes elliotti (162314)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Spain Pseudochaetetes sp. (199573)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Slovenia Pamirochaetetes stromatoides (66930)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Türkiye (Anatolia) Pseudochaetetes sp. (38047)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Qinghai) Hudsonella sinensis (37885)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Hudsonella dobrogensis (35191)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Hudsonella lucensis (68589 68614)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Hudsonella dobrogensis (35201)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Pseudochaetetes polyporus (23887 23902)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Tabulospongida indet. (34748)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Tabulospongida indet. (56707 56708)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Pseudochaetetes sp. (148301)