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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
Epitheles robusta Geinitz 1871
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 266.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (57 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 - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Italy Sestrostomella robusta (182570)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Hungary Sestrostomella sp. (60383)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Himatella milleporata (69650 69671) Himatella sp., Sestrostomella robusta (34691) Sestrostomella aureolata (117542) Tragos milleporatum, Scyphia gracilis (137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Himatella milleporata (32835) Sestrostomella robusta (155179) Sestrostomella robusta, Himatella milleporata (32923) Sestrostomella sp. (170920)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Epitheles astroides (205147 205149)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Sestrostomella sp. (60117)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Türkiye Sestrostomella robusta (60470)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria (Calcareous Alps) Sestrostomella robusta (38148)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation (Adygea) Sestrostomella sp. (36719)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Iran Sestrostomella sp. (37983)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Türkiye Sestrostomella robusta (183687)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Sestrostomella sp. (36720 36721 36722)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Italy Sestrostomella robusta, Sestrostomella conica, Polysiphonella norica, Vesicotubispongia triasica (170144)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Iran Sestrostomella robusta (197554)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Iran Sestrostomella robusta (175088)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Sestrostomella robusta (37959 37960 37961 37963) Sestrostomella robusta, Precorynella sp. (36869)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) Polysiphonella gracilis (36454)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran Sestrostomella robusta (175089 175091 175093 175094)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Indian Ocean Sestrostomella sp. (100283)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran (Esfahan) Sestrostomella robusta (117469)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Myrmecium indutum (113060)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Myrmecium cylindricum (113066) Myrmecium indutum (113065)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Italy (Veneto) Eusiphonella hemisphaerica (113837)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (114632)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Sestrostomella wartae, Myrmecium indutum, Myrmecium hemisphaericum, Myrmecium pyramidum, Myrmecium cylindricum (113006)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Myrmecidium sp. (68242)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (74050) Myrmecidium longiceps (114630)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (34650) Myrmecidium indutum (114541) Myrmecidium indutum, Myrmecidium hemisphaericum (74104)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Eusiphonella hemisphaerica (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Myrmecidium indutum (23904 34398)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6North Atlantic Sestrostomella canadensis (45348)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Epitheles robusta (241883)