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Astrobolia

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae

Taxonomy
Astrobolia was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Astroboliinae.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astroboliinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Rhagosphecion Pomel
1878Astrobolia Zittel
2002Astrobolia Sepkoski
2002Rhagosplecion Sepkoski
2004Astrobolia Finks et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyAzoricoideaSollas 1888
familyAzoricidaeSollas 1888
subfamilyAstroboliinaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusAstroboliaZittel 1878

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. †Astrobolia Zittel 1878
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Invalid names: Rhagosphecion Pomel 1872 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia A. conglobata, A. plauensis (90517)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) A. hemisphaerica, A. tenella, A. globosa (110612)