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Sestrostomellidae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Sestrostomellidae Laubenfels
1997Sestrostomellidae Senowbari-Daryan et al. p. 298
2004Sestrostomellidae Finks et al. p. 611
2014Sestrostomellidae Amirhassankhani et al. p. 296
2015Sestrostomellidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familySestrostomellidaeLaubenfels 1955
familySestrostomellidaeLaubenfels 1955

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. †Sestrostomellidae Laubenfels 1955
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G. †Epitheles Fromentel 1860
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Epitheles hemisphaerica Goldfuss 1826
Epitheles hieroglypha Klipstein 1843
Invalid names: Myrmecidium Vinassa de Regny 1901 [synonym]
G. †Himatella Zittel 1878
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Himatella milleporata Münster 1841
G. †Polysiphonella Russo 1981
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Polysiphonella gracilis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Polysiphonella norica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
G. †Sestrostomella Zittel 1878
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Sestrostomella aureolata Dieci et al. 1968
Sestrostomella conica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878
Sestrostomella wartae Hurcewicz 1975
Invalid names: Palaeoierea Laube 1865 [synonym]
G. †Vesicotubispongia Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
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Vesicotubispongia triasica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
G. †Winwoodia
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 Wordian to the top of the Valanginian or 266.90000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Polysiphonella sp. (144355) Polysiphonella sp. A (51169) Polysiphonella sp. B (51168)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy Sestrostomella robusta (182570)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Himatella milleporata (32835) Sestrostomella robusta (155179) Sestrostomella robusta, Himatella milleporata (32923) Sestrostomella sp. (170920)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Sestrostomella sp. (60117)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Epitheles astroides (205147 205149)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Himatella milleporata (69650 69671) Himatella sp., Sestrostomella robusta (34691) Sestrostomella aureolata (117542) Tragos milleporatum, Scyphia gracilis (137429)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Hungary Sestrostomella sp. (60383)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey Sestrostomella robusta (60470)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran Sestrostomella sp. (37983)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Sestrostomella sp. (36720 36721 36722)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea) Sestrostomella sp. (36719)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Sestrostomella robusta (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Turkey Sestrostomella robusta (183687)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Iran Sestrostomella robusta (197554)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy Sestrostomella robusta, Sestrostomella conica, Polysiphonella norica, Vesicotubispongia triasica (170144)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Iran Sestrostomella robusta (175088)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) Polysiphonella gracilis (36454)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Sestrostomella robusta (37959 37960 37961 37963) Sestrostomella robusta, Precorynella sp. (36869)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran Sestrostomella robusta (175089 175091 175093 175094)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran (Esfahan) Sestrostomella robusta (117469)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) Sestrostomella sp. (100283)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Poland Myrmecium cylindricum (113066) Myrmecium indutum (113065)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Italy (Veneto) Eusiphonella hemisphaerica (113837)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (114632)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Sestrostomella wartae, Myrmecium indutum, Myrmecium hemisphaericum, Myrmecium pyramidum, Myrmecium cylindricum (113006)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Myrmecium indutum (113060)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Myrmecidium sp. (68242)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (74050) Myrmecidium longiceps (114630)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (34650) Myrmecidium indutum (114541) Myrmecidium indutum, Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (74104)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Myrmecidium indutum (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Eusiphonella hemisphaerica (34608)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Sestrostomella canadensis (45348)