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Cavaspongia

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Cavaspongiidae

Taxonomy
Cavaspongia was named by Pessagno (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-l K Camp-l]. It is the type genus of Cavaspongiidae.

It was assigned to Cavaspongiidae by Pessagno (1973), De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cavaspongia Pessagno
2001Cavaspongia De Wever et al. p. 116
2002Cavaspongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyCavaspongiidaePessagno 1973
genusCavaspongiaPessagno 1973

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. †Cavaspongia Pessagno 1973
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†Cavaspongia antelopensis Pessagno 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 106.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy C. euganea, C. cilindrica (77255) C. euganea, C. sphaerica (77178)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy C. euganea, C. cilindrica, C. sphaerica, C. contracta (78742) C. euganea, C. sphaerica, C. helice, C. californiaensis, C. contracta (78741)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy C. euganea (77273) C. euganea, C. cilindrica, C. sphaerica (77274)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy C. contracta, C. antelopensis (77299) C. contracta, C. sphaerica, C. antelopensis (77292) C. euganea (77285 77288) C. euganea, C. cilindrica, C. sphaerica, C. helice, C. californiensis (77177) C. euganea, C. contracta (77284) C. euganea, C. sphaerica, C. tricornis, C. contracta, C. antelopensis (77110)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy C. contracta (77290) C. euganea (77291)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Türkiye (Antalya) C. sphaerica, C. antelopensis (95767)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Slovakia C. antelopensis (95821) C. sp., C. antelopensis (95822)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Türkiye (Antalya) C. antelopensis (95768)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Azerbaijan C. tavrica (165732)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) C. antelopensis (95979)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) C. antelopensis (95982)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Denmark C. sp., C. antelopensis (62505)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Russian Federation (Vladimir) C. californiaensis (95985)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Bayern) C. sp. (95841)