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Tremospongia

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Tremospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holcospongiinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Aplosphecion Sepkoski
2002Synopella Sepkoski
2002Tremospongia Sepkoski
2015Tremospongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 395

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderStellispongiida
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusTremospongia

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.

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Invalid names: Aplosphecion [synonym], Synopella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 165.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) T. sp. (41417)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland T. sp. (2247) T. valangiensis, T. divaricata (2224)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Synopella pulvinaria (1854)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia T. clavata (90517)