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Thaumastocoeliidae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Thaumastocoeliidae Ott
1991Thaumastocoelidae Boiko et al.
2002Thaumastocoeliidae Fan et al.
2004Thaumastocoeliidae Finks et al. p. 664
2014Thaumastocoeliidae Amirhassankhani et al. p. 291
2015Thaumastocoeliidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
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orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967

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. †Thaumastocoeliidae Ott 1967
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Subfm. †Enoplocoeliinae Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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G. †Enoplocoelia Steinmann 1882
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†Enoplocoelia armata Klipstein 1843
†Enoplocoelia contabulata Parona 1933
†Enoplocoelia interchora Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
G. †Girtyocoelia Cossman 1909
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†Girtyocoelia beedei Girty 1909
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Invalid names: Girtyocoelia dunbari King 1943 [synonym], Heterocoelia sphaerica King 1933 [synonym]
†Girtyocoelia canna Rigby and Potter 1986
†Girtyocoelia epiporata Rigby and Potter 1986
†Girtyocoelia gracilis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
†Girtyocoelia minima Rigby et al. 2008
†Girtyocoelia orientalis Belyaeva 1991
†Girtyocoelia sphaera Rigby 1984
Invalid names: Apocoelia Rigby 1984 [synonym], Heterocoelia Girty 1909 [replaced]
G. †Girtyocoeliana Rigby et al. 2005
G. †Musandamia Senowbari-Daryan and Bernecker 2010
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†Musandamia gosaukammensis Senowbari-Daryan 1994
†Musandamia omanica Senowbari-Daryan and Bernecker 2010
G. †Naybandella Senowbari-Daryan 2005
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†Naybandella prosiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 2005
G. †Phraethalamia Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994
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†Phraethalamia irregulara Senowbari-Daryan 2005
†Phraethalamia tubulara Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994
G. †Kovacsia Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2011
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†Kovacsia baloghi Kovács 1978
G. †Shotorithalamia Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
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†Shotorithalamia tubulara Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
G. †Thaumastocoelia Steinmann 1882
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†Thaumastocoelia cassiana Steinmann 1882
†Thaumastocoelia dolomitica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
†Thaumastocoelia irregularis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
†Thaumastocoelia mutaria Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Thaumastocoelia ovoidalis Senowbari-Daryan 1994
†Thaumastocoelia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Subfm. †Thaumastocoeliinae Ott 1967
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G. †Follicatena Ott 1967
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†Follicatena callosa Belyaeva 1991
†Follicatena cautica Ott 1967
G. †Henricellum Wilckens 1937
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†Henricellum insigne Wilckens 1937
G. †Pamirothalamia Boiko et al. 1991
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†Pamirothalamia originalis Boiko et al. 1991
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†Porefieldia robusta Rigby and Potter 1986
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†Pseudoporefieldia micella Rigby et al. 1988
G. †Sollasia Steinmann 1882
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†Sollasia absita Rigby et al. 1989
†Sollasia amaurosa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
†Sollasia arta Belyaeva 1991
†Sollasia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005
†Sollasia norica Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
†Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882
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Invalid names: Sollasia dussaulti Mansuy 1914 [synonym]
†Sollasia parva Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
†Sollasia spheroida Rigby et al. 1989
G. †Sphaeroverticillites Boiko 1990
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Sevatian or 458.40000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (332 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilian - Caradoc466.0 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Girtyocoelia epiporata, Pseudoporefieldia micella (99664)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Girtyocoelia sp., Girtyocoeliana epiporata (62309)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7USA (California) Girtyocoeliana epiporata (119887)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (California) Girtyocoelia epiporata (99694 99696) Girtyocoelia tubula (99691 99693) Girtyocoelia tubula, Girtyocoelia epiporata (69241) Porefieldia robusta (99805 99806)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Alaska) Girtyocoelia epiporata, Girtyocoelia minima (100230) Pseudoporefieldia micella (99658)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Girtyocoeliana epiporata (79355)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Sollasia ramosa (76460)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Girtyocoelia sp. (28383)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Spain (Asturias) Sollasia sp. (39857)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Austria Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (112145)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Italy Sollasia sp., Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (75509)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (102506)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran Sollasia ostiolata, Shotorithalamia tubulara, Girtyocoelia beedei, Thaumastocoelia irregularis, Sollasia cylindrica (59919)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Girtyocoelia sp. (122214 122220 122221)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Girtyocoelia dunbari, Apocoelia sphaera (41507)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Sollasia ostiolata (150585)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Ukraine Sollasia sp. (110830 110835)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman Sollasia ostiolata (82236 82241) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei, Thaumastocoelia irregularis (82237) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei, Thaumastocoelia irregularis, Sollasia absita, Sollasia spheroida (82240) Thaumastocoelia irregularis (82238 82243) Thaumastocoelia sp., Sollasia ostiolata, Sollasia spheroida, Girtyocoelia gracilis (24325)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Sollasia ostiolata (75767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Enoplocoelia interchora (41863) Girtyocoelia beedei (41971) Girtyocoelia beedei, Sollasia amaurosa (41864) Sollasia ostiolata (41836 41858 41975 41976) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (41654)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Follicatena sp. (51168 51169) Sollasia absita (47441 47454) Sollasia ostiolata (51179 51180) Sollasia spheroida (47442 47445)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Yunnan) Girtyocoelia sp. (97070)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Enoplocoelia contabulata (100917) Sollasia dussaulti (75474)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Sollasia dussaulti, Girtyocoelia sp. (42092)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Yunnan) Sollasia spheroida (47455)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Sollasia sp. (47456)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Girtyocoelia beedei (47481 47489 47544 47564 47599 47637 47657 47660 47724 47725 47733 47745 47751 47761 47763 47766 47769 47774 121908 121914 121923 121930 121952) Sollasia ostiolata (47475 47478 47479 47482 47483 47486 47487 47488 47491 47493 47494 47496 47500 47506 47507 47516 47517 47518 47520 47523 47524 47526 47527 47529 47530 47532 47534 47538 47539 47541 47546 47549 47555 47561 47567 47576 47577 47578 47586 47589 47590 47592 47595 47597 47598 47600 47603 47606 47607 47610 47612 47613 47614 47617 47639 47640 47641 47643 47648 47653 47655 47670 47677 47681 47682 47688 47690 47692 47707 47715 47718 47720 47721 47723 47728 47729 47730 47736 47746 47752 47754 47759 47764 47765 47768 47773 121896 121898 121899 121900 121906 121912 121919 121920 121921 121929 121931 121933 121940 121942 121948 121950 121951) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (47484 47492 47525 47531 47536 47573 47574 47605 47608 47615 47636 47642 47654 47656 47671 47673 47683 47696 47703 47722 47731 95715 95716 107698 121903 121904 121910 121913 121915 121916 121927) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedi (24203)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei (75969) Sollasia sp. (108812 108831)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Sollasia amaurosa (41868) Sollasia ostiolata (41656 41855 41857 41878 41958 41962 41964 41977 42034 42037) Sollasia ostiolata, Enoplocoelia interchora (42039) Sollasia ostiolata, Sollasia amaurosa (41867)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Thaumastocoelia spheroida, Girtyocoelia sp., Thaumastocoelia irregularis, Sollasia arta (10698)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation Apocoelia orientalis (102497) Follicatena callosa, Sollasia arta (86169) Follicatena callosa, Sollasia arta, Apocoelia orientalis (102509 102522) Henricellum sp. 1, Follicatena callosa (102516) Sollasia arta (102507) Thaumastocoelia sp. (102515)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Sollasia sp. (75027)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Sollasia sp. (189412 227013)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece Sollasia sp. (64173)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Sollasia sp. (50024)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Slovenia Sollasia sp. (183939)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Sollasia ostiolata (116685) Sollasia sp. (36221)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Sollasia absita (47439)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) Sollasia sp. (24249)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China Sollasia sp. (217017)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand Phraethalamia tubulara, Sollasia ostiolata, Girtyocoelia beedei, Sollasia spheroida (34656)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hubei) Sollasia ostiolata (116661) Sollasia sp. (74930)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Sollasia ostiolata (116688 116691 116693 116695)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Apocoelia orientalis (102513) Follicatena callosa (102511) Follicatena callosa, Apocoelia orientalis (102519) Henricellum sp. 2 (102517) Sollasia arta (102501)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Follicatena cautica (49932) Follicatena cautica, Thaumastocoelia dolomitica (49916)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Follicatena cautica (150412 150413 150414) Kovacsia baloghi (150411)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy Thaumastocoelia dolomitica (23570)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Sollasia baloghi (38049)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Austria (Northern Alps) Follicatena cautica (38140)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Follicatena cautica, Enoplocoelia armata (42258)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia Follicatena cautica (36636 36639 36641 36642 36645 36648 36655 36658)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Austria (Kärnten) Follicatena cautica (81063)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Follicatena cautica (20659)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany Follicatena cautica (45427)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Tajikistan Follicatena sp. (36694)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Hungary Follicatena cautica (150421 150422) Follicatena cautica, Thaumastocoelia dolomitica (150425) Thaumastocoelia cassiana (150424) Thaumastocoelia dolomitica (150426)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Follicatena cautica (67723)
Ladinian - Julian242.0 - 232.0Slovakia Follicatena cautica (34882)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy Follicatena cautica, Enoplocoelia armata (25260)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Sollasia sp. (36691 87233)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Follicatena cautica (60051 60053 60118) Follicatena sp. (60367)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Follicatena cautica (67620) Follicatena sp. (170920) Thaumastocoelia cassiana, Enoplocoelia armata (32923)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Follicatena cautica (60059)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Follicatena cautica (36558)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Enoplocoelia armata (69650) Thaumastocoelia cassiana, Enoplocoelia armata (34691)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Hungary Enoplocoelia armata (60383)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Germany Follicatena cautica (45428)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Greece Follicatena cautica (38018)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey (Isparta) Sollasia norica (45514)
Tuvalian - Alaunian232.0 - 212.0Tajikistan Amblysiphonella minima (36700)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Sollasia sp. (36721)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy (Sicily) Sollasia balughi (38319)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Henricellum insigne (38033)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Turkey Sollasia norica (117417)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Follicatena sp., Enoplocoelia gosaukammensis (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Musandamia omanica (101376)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Idaho) Thaumastocoelia sp. (99505)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy Thaumastocoelia siciliana (170144)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida, Thaumastocoelia ovoidalis (38047)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Tajikistan Amblysiphonella minima (34646)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida, Sollasia norica (73860)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Sollasia sp. (36692)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) Sollasia baloghi, Thaumastocoelia mutaria, Sollasia parva (36454)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Tajikistan Pamiroverticillites conicus, Pamirothalamia originalis, Sphaeroverticillites glomeratus, Amblysiphonella minima (36695)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Follicatena cautica (170674)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Naybandella prosiphonata (37960) Pamirothalamia originalis, Naybandella prosiphonata, Phraethalamia irregulara (37961)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Indonesia Henricellum insigne (34893)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran Musandamia gosaukammensis (175089 175091)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran (Esfahan) Naybandella prosiphonata, Musandamia gosaukammensis (117469)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Thaumastocoelia sp. (45379)