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Polyedridae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Polyedridae

Taxonomy
Polyedridae was named by Termier and Termier (1977). It is not extant. Its type is Polyedra.

It was assigned to Agelasida by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Subtaxa
Polyedra (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Polyedridae Termier and Termier
2015Polyedridae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyPolyedridaeTermier and Termier 1977
familyPolyedridaeTermier and Termier 1977

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.

Fm. †Polyedridae Termier and Termier 1977
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G. †Polyedra Termier and Termier 1955
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Polyedra tebagensis Termier and Termier 1955
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
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Polyedra sp. (102506)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Polyedra tebagensis (41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Polyedra tebagensis (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Polyedra tebagensis (41837 41850 41855 41868 41957)