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Colospongia
Taxonomy
Colospongia was named by Laube (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. Its type is Colospongia dubia. It is the type genus of Colospongiidae, Colospongiinae.
It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Porata by Kiessling (2003); and to Colospongiinae by Finks et al. (2004), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Porata by Kiessling (2003); and to Colospongiinae by Finks et al. (2004), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
Species
C. americana, C. arakeljani, C. aspergillum, C. benjamini, C. catenulata, C. composita, C. cortexifera, C. cribrifera, C. dubia (syn. Manon pertusum) (type species), C. globosa, C. iranica, C. lenis, C. leveni, C. maxima, C. mennulensis, C. monilis, C. multivesiculosa, C. nachodkiensis, C. panormitana, C. paronae, C. pramollensis, C. ramosa, C. recta, C. salinaria, C. semseyi, Waagenella muliensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1865 | Colospongia Laube p. 17 |
| 1955 | Waagenella de Laubenfels |
| 2002 | Colospongia Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Colospongia Kiessling |
| 2004 | Colospongia Finks et al. p. 697 |
| 2014 | Colospongia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 294 |
| 2015 | Colospongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 390 |
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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.
G. †Colospongia Laube 1865
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†Colospongia americana Girty 1909
†Colospongia arakeljani Zhuravleva 1991
†Colospongia aspergillum Termier and Termier 1977
†Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909
†Colospongia catenulata Ott 1967
†Colospongia composita Belyaeva 1991
†Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
†Colospongia cribrifera Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Colospongia globosa Belyaeva 1991
†Colospongia iranica Senowbari-Daryan 2005
†Colospongia lenis Malysheva 2018
†Colospongia leveni Zhuravleva 1991
†Colospongia maxima Rigby et al. 1989
†Colospongia mennulensis Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1986
†Colospongia monilis Rigby 1984
†Colospongia multivesiculosa Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Colospongia nachodkiensis Belyaeva 1987
†Colospongia panormitana Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Colospongia paronae Aleotti et al. 1986
†Colospongia pramollensis Kügel 1987
†Colospongia ramosa Riedel and Senowbari-Daryan 1989
†Colospongia recta Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
†Colospongia salinaria Waagen and Wentzel 1888
†Colospongia semseyi Vinassa 1901
Invalid names: Waagenella de Laubenfels 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Rhaetian or 306.00000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections (200 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian - Gzhelian | Austria | C. benjamini, C. pramollensis (112145) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | Girtycoelia benjamini (159900) | |
| Artinskian | Italy | C. benjamini (75509) | |
| Artinskian | China (Xinjiang) | C. sp. (228329) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | C. monilis (41507 41512 41516) | |
| Roadian | Croatia | C. sp., C. dubia, Waagenella sp. (75510) | |
| Roadian | Oman | C. americana, C. maxima (24325) C. cortexifera (82240) | |
| Roadian | Slovenia | C. gemina, C. salinaria (36241) C. sp. (86025) | |
| Roadian | Ukraine | C. salinaria (81422) C. sp. (110830 110835) | |
| Roadian | Iran | C. sp., C. cortexifera (75767) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Sevatian | Italy (Sicily) | C. mennulensis (36454) | |
| Sevatian | Iran | C. iranica (37960) C. ramosa (34635 37959) C. sp. (37961) | |
| Sevatian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | C. sp. (36693) | |
| Sevatian | Austria | C. sp. (25261 36450 58093) C. sp., C. catenulata (36815) | |
| Sevatian - Rhaetian | Iran | C. sp. (175092) | |
| Sevatian - Rhaetian | Tajikistan | C. pseudosiphonata (36699) | |
| Sevatian - Rhaetian | Indonesia | C. elongata (34893) | |
| Rhaetian | Italy | C. sp. (27537) | |
| Rhaetian | Austria | C. sp. (36801 36807) | |
| Rhaetian | Tajikistan | C. pseudosiphonata (34645) | |