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Milleporellidae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae

Taxonomy
Milleporellidae was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1935). Its type is Milleporella.

It was assigned to Axinellida by Kiessling (2003); and to Agelasida by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Milleporellidae Yabe and Sugiyama
2003Milleporellidae Kiessling
2015Milleporellidae West et al. p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyMilleporellidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1935
familyMilleporellidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1935

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. †Milleporellidae Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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G. †Astroporina Hudson 1960
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†Astroporina orientalis Hudson 1960
†Astroporina stellans Hudson 1960
†Astroporina stellifera Hudson 1960
G. †Dehornella Lecompte 1952
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†Dehornella choffati Dehorne 1917
†Dehornella crustans Hudson 1960
†Dehornella harrarensis Wells 1943
†Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919
†Dehornella omanensis Hudson 1960
G. †Murania Kazmierczak 1974
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†Murania kazmierczaki Reitner 1992
†Murania reitneri Schlagintweit 2004
G. †Parastromatopora Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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Invalid names: Epistromatopora Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 [synonym]
G. †Promillepora Dehorne 1920
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†Promillepora pervinquieri Dehorne 1920
G. †Shuqraia Hudson 1954
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†Shuqraia arrabidensis Dehorne 1918
†Shuqraia heybroeki Hudson 1954
G. †Steinerina Hudson 1956
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†Steineria somaliensis Zuffardi-Comerci 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Comments: skeletal mineralogy inferred from microstructuref
Created: 2007-11-23 10:30:57
Modified: 2007-11-23 12:30:57
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Wood 1987, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 237.00000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Italy Murania kazmierczaki (182586)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Trentino) Murania sp. (139235)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan Murania kazmierczaki (173348)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Milleporidium somaliense (93490)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Shuqraia sp. (2562 2591)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Promillepora kornubi, Promillepora douvillei, Shuqraia sp., Dehornella harrarensis, Steinerina somaliensis, Promillepora pervinquieri, Dehornella crustans (91903)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Milleporidium somaliense (92962 92992 92993 92994 93012 93013 93014 93020)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Astroporina orientalis, Astroporina stellans (94552)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia Astroporina stellifera (94553)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Oman Dehornella harrarensis, Dehornella omanensis, Astroporina sp. (94554)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Promillepora pervinquieri (93487)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21China (Xizang) Epistromatopora delicata (116454) Parastromatopora japonica, Parastromatopora memorianaumanni, Astroporina stellifera, Epistromatopora eleganta (116457)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Japan (Fukushima) Parastromatopora japonica, Parastromatopora memorianaumanni, Parastromatopora kotoi, Parastromatopora mitodaensis, Parastromatopora minutissima (85574)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Milleporidium somaliense (93538)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Parastromatopora japonica, Shuqraia heybroecki (68481) Shuqraia heybroecki (68202)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Austria Murania reitneri (117181)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Japan (Aomori) Parastromatopora crassifibra (85627)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Shuqraia heybroeki (35183 35185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal Dehornella choffati (68246)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Astroporina orientalis (68590) Dehornella choffati (68252) Dehornella hydractinoides (68587 68588) Dehornella sp. (68620) Parastromatopora japonica, Dehornella hydractinoides, Dehornella choffati, Dehornella crustans (68614)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Parastromatopora sp. (68646 68648 68649 68654 68678 68679 68680 68684 68686)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Dehornella harrarensis (68585) Dehornella harrarensis, Dehornella hydractinoides (34662) Dehornella sp. (114667) Shuqraia heybroecki, Dehornella hydractinoides (68586) Stromatoporina choffati (67904 67906)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Milleporidium somaliense (93531)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Shuqraia heybroeki (35201)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Dehornella choffati (68207 68612) Dehornella harrarensis, Dehornella choffati, Dehornella crustans (68249) Dehornella omanensis (68602)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Greece Parastromatopora sp. (68163)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria Murania reitneri (36223 117180)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Dehornella choffati (68251) Dehornella sp. (25327) Shuqraia arrabidensis (68250)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Germany Murania reitneri (117182)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Lebanon Parastromatopora libani, Shuqraia zuffardi (34869)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Stromatoporina choffati (7888 8604)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Serbia (Serbia) Shuqraia arrabidensis (57153)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Shuqraia sp. (2583)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1North Atlantic Dehornella sp. (67978)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Iran Parastromatopora memorianaumanni, Parastromatopora sp., Shuqraia sp. (116552)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan Parastromatopora japonica (34551) Parastromatopora sp. (68310)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy Murania sp. (196864)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria Murania reitneri (151494)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Dehornella harrarensis, Dehornella crustans (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Astroporina valangiensis (74564)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Dehornella sp. (25151)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Steineria tabulata (74565)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Steineria romanica (74567)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Promillepora provencensis, Steineria romanica (69738) Steineria romanica (74571)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Promillepora provencensis, Steineria romanica, Dehornella harrarensis (64067)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Dehornella harrarensis (64068)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Dehornella virgilioi (74799 74800)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Murania lefeldi, Murania merbeleri, Promillepora provencensis (50421) Promillepora sp. (50508 50509 50511)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Dehornella harrarensis (74577)