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Chaetetes

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae

Discussion

Fischer von Waldheim 1829 in Eichwald 1829 West (2015 Treatise: p. 19) concludes that "the fossil genus Chaetetes is treated here as a form genus and its constituent subgenera and species also have the status of form taxa."

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Chaetetes Fischer von Waldheim
1981Chaetetes Hill
2002Chaetetes Sepkoski
2013Chaetetes West et al. pp. 8 - 9
2015Chaetetes West et al. p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familySuberitidae
genusChaetetesFischer von Waldheim 1829

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. †Chaetetes Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Chaetetes (Boswellia) Sokolov 1939
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Subg. †Chaetetes (Chaetetes) Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Chaetetes (Chaetetes) radians Fischer von Waldheim 1837
Subg. †Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) Fischer 1970
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Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana Turnsek et al. 1975
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Invalid names: Chaetetes beneckei Haug 1926 [synonym], Chaetetes waehneri Heritsch 1918 [synonym]
Chaetetes eximius Moore and Jeffords 1945
Chaetetes fructicosa Hall 1876
Chaetetes mackrothii Geinitz 1859
Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Chaetetes favosus Moore and Jeffords 1945 [synonym]
Chaetetes tabuliporoides Termier and Termier 1977
Chaetetes thomsoni Reed 1927
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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 457.30000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (208 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleozoic538.8 - 251.902USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112415)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) C. tchakerensis (205386)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) C. sp. (32578 32579 32580 32581 32583 32585 32586)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation C. sp. (78801)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (174157)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. chakyrensis (205626)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (34813)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (HeiLongJiang) C. sp. (21149)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) C. lycoperdon (77051 77052 77054) C. sp. (450 451 452 459 463)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (New York) C. lycoperdon (81841 81863 82525 82527 82547)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Andenipora liasica (33579 33580 33586 33587 33590 33591 33592 33599 33600 33602 33603 33605 33606 33607 34059 34060 34063 34064 34066 34067 34073 34080 34081)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco C. zignoi, C. murciana, C. liasica (33573)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Andenipora liasica (33886 33887 33889 33890)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Hispaniastraea murciana (225809 225819)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Murcia) Hispaniastraea murciana (38080)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Andenipora liasica (58550)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Morocco Hispaniastraea murciana (203736)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Croatia C. angustitubulosus (21203)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria C. sp. (36223)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia C. spengleri (31284)