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Colospongiidae

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Colospongiidae Senowbari-Daryan p. 63
1998Colospongiidae Rigby et al. p. 47
1998Colospongiidae Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley
1998Colospongiidae Stanley, Jr.
2004Colospongiidae Finks et al. p. 697
2008Colospongiidae Rigby et al.
2014Colospongiidae Amirhassankhani et al. p. 293
2015Colospongiidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderVerticillitida
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990

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. †Colospongiidae Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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Subfm. †Colospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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G. †Colospongia Laube 1865
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Colospongia americana Girty 1909
Colospongia arakeljani Zhuravleva 1991
Colospongia aspergillum Termier and Termier 1977
Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909
Colospongia composita Belyaeva 1991
Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Colospongia cribrifera Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Colospongia dubia Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Manon pertusum Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Colospongia globosa Belyaeva 1991
Colospongia iranica Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Colospongia lenis Malysheva 2018
Colospongia leveni Zhuravleva 1991
Colospongia maxima Rigby et al. 1989
Colospongia mennulensis Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1986
Colospongia monilis Rigby 1984
Colospongia multivesiculosa Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Colospongia nachodkiensis Belyaeva 1987
Colospongia panormitana Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Colospongia paronae Aleotti et al. 1986
Colospongia pramollensis Kügel 1987
Colospongia ramosa Riedel and Senowbari-Daryan 1989
Colospongia recta Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
Colospongia salinaria Waagen and Wentzel 1888
Colospongia semseyi Vinassa 1901
Invalid names: Waagenella de Laubenfels 1955 [synonym]
G. †Colospongiella Rigby and Bell 2006
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Colospongiella permiana Rigby and Bell 2006
G. †Hajarispongia Senowbari-Daryan and Yancey 2007
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Hajarispongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
Hajarispongia dipoyrazensis Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
Hajarispongia osmani Senowbari-Daryan and Yancey 2007
Hajarispongia whaleni Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley, jr. 1988
G. †Pseudoimperatoria Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Pseudoimperatoria media Rigby and Potter 1986
Pseudoimperatoria minima Rigby and Potter 1986
G. †Subascosymplegma Deng 1981
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Subascosymplegma oussifensis Termier and Termier 1977
Subascosymplegma paracatenulata Rigby et al. 1989
G. †Tristratocoelia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Tristratocoelia rhythmica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
G. †Uvothalamia Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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Uvothalamia planiinvoluta Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Subfm. †Corymbospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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G. †Corymbospongia Rigby and Potter 1986
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Corymbospongia adnata Rigby and Potter 1986
Corymbospongia betella Rigby et al. 1988
Corymbospongia mica Rigby and Potter 1986
G. †Exaulipora Rigby et al. 1998
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Exaulipora permica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
G. †Imbricatocoelia Rigby et al. 1989
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Imbricatocoelia elongata Rigby et al. 1989
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Invalid names: Cystospongia guangxiensis Wu 1991 [synonym], Cystospongia quangxiensis Wu 1991 [synonym]
Imbricatocoelia guangnanensis Fan et al. 1987
Imbricatocoelia irregulara Rigby et al. 1989
Imbricatocoelia lichatchevi Belyaeva 1991
Imbricatocoelia obconica Rigby et al. 1989
Imbricatocoelia ramosa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Invalid names: Imbricatocoelia paucipora Rigby et al. 1989 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cystospongia Wu et al. 2014 [synonym]
G. †Lichuanospongia Zhang 1983
G. †Neoguadalupia Zhang 1987
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Neoguadalupia explanata Rigby et al. 1989
G. †Parauvanella Senowbari-Daryan and di Stefano 1988
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Parauvanella delijanensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Parauvanella ferdowsensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Parauvanella minima Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Parauvanella paronai Senowbari-Daryan and di Stefano 1988
Parauvanella spinosa Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
G. †Platythalamiella Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Platythalamiella minima Senowbari-Daryan and Ridd 2008
Platythalamiella newelli Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Platythalamiella siciliana Senowbari-Daryan 1990
G. †Shotorispongia Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005
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Shotorispongia biserialis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005
Shotorispongia permica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005
G. †Guangxispongia Wu 1991
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Guangxispongia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Subfm. †Kashanellinae Senowbari-Daryan 2005
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G. †Kashanella Senowbari-Daryan 2005
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Kashanella cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
Kashanella irregularis Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cambrian to the top of the Rhaetian or 538.80000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (402 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Yunnan) Cystospongia globosa (156226)
Llandeilian - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia betella (99664)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia betella (99661)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1USA (California) Corymbospongia adnata (119887)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia amplia, Corymbospongia adnata (62309)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China Corymbospongia sp. (173372)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Yukon) Corymbospongia perforata, Corymbospongia betella, Corymbospongia mica, Pseudoimperatoria minima, Pseudoimperatoria media (99659)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia amplia (100230)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (California) Corymbospongia adnata (69241 99691 99692 99698) Corymbospongia adnata, Corymbospongia mica (99696) Corymbospongia perforata (99694) Corymbospongia perforata, Corymbospongia adnata (99697)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Austria Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia pramollensis (112145)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan Colospongia polytholosiaformis (36695 36697) Colospongia pseudosiphonata (34648 36696)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7United Arab Emirates Hajarispongia osmani (85064)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Colospongia sp. (25261 36450 58093) Colospongia sp., Colospongia catenulata, Colospongia bimuralis (36815)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran Colospongia sp., Parauvanella ferdowsensis, Kashanella irregularis (175092) Kashanella irregularis (175089 175090 175094 175095) Parauvanella ferdowsensis (175091)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Tajikistan Colospongia pseudosiphonata (36699)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Indonesia Colospongia elongata (34893)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Tajikistan Colospongia pseudosiphonata (34645)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Colospongia sp. (27537)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Colospongia sp., Colospongia bimuralis (36801 36807) Parauvanella bimuralis (22963)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran (Esfahan) Kashanella irregularis, Parauvanella spinosa (117469)