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Heliospongiidae
Taxonomy
Heliospongiidae was named by Finks (1960). Its type is Heliospongia.
It was assigned to Epipolasida by Rigby et al. (1998); and to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Epipolasida by Rigby et al. (1998); and to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Heliospongiidae Finks p. 40 |
| 1998 | Heliospongiidae Rigby et al. p. 82 |
| 2004 | Heliospongiidae Finks et al. p. 30 |
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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. †Heliospongiidae Finks 1960
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G. †Coelocladiella Finks 1960
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†Coelocladiella giganta Deng 1981
†Coelocladiella intermedia Deng 1981
†Coelocladiella lissa Finks 1960
†Coelocladiella pachytheca Deng 1981
†Coelocladiella philoconcha Finks 1960
G. †Heliospongia Girty 1908
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†Heliospongia excavata King 1933
†Heliospongia finksi Termier and Termier 1977
†Heliospongia houchangensis Deng 1982
†Heliospongia ramosa Girty 1908
†Heliospongia vokesi King 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Changhsingian or 413.02000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (71 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian | Australia (New South Wales) | Coelocladiella sp. (25698) | |
| Bashkirian | Spain (Leon) | Heliospongia excavata (39855) | |
| Atokan - Desmoinesian | USA (Colorado) | Heliospongiidae indet. (121000) | |
| Moscovian | Spain (Palencia) | Coelocladia spinosa (39856) | |
| Kasimovian | Spain (Asturias) | Coelocladia spinosa (39857) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | Coelocladia spinosa (159900) Heliospongia excavata (111698 111699 111700) Heliospongia excavata, Coelocladia spinosa (111697) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Texas) | Coelocladiella lissa (43453) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (New Mexico) | Heliospongia sp. (34658) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Coelocladiella philoconcha (43479 43482) Heliospongia ramosa (43475) Heliospongia vokesi (43468) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | Heliospongia ramosa (43555) Heliospongia vokesi (43571 43573) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Heliospongia ramosa (43568) Heliospongia vokesi (81688 105720 108366) Heliospongia vokesi, Heliospongia ramosa (43540) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Heliospongia sp. (43497) Heliospongia vokesi (43496 43534 81610 108363 108371 108373 108386 108388) | |
| Guadalupian | China (Guizhou) | Heliospongia houchangensis (150591) | |
| Guadalupian | China (Sichuan) | Coelocladia spinosa (150589) | |
| Guadalupian | China (Jiangsu) | Heliospongia sp. (150590) | |
| Wordian | Italy | Heliospongia ramosa (75474) | |
| Wordian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Heliospongia sp. (232560) | |
| Wordian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Heliospongia finksi (41658) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Heliospongia finksi (42092 42093) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Heliospongia finksi (41661 41878 42020 42039 42079) | |
| Capitanian | USA (New Mexico) | Heliospongia ramosa (47510 47536 47717 121940) Heliospongia vokesi (24203 47760 47765 47768 107698 121936) Neoheliospongia typica (47478 47481 47485 47518 47654 47659 47663 95715) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Spitsbergenia patella (117799) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangxi) | Coelocladiella giganta (107297) Coelocladiella intermedia (107292) Coelocladiella pachytheca (107300) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Neoheliospongia typica (107296) | |
| Changhsingian | Greece | Coelocladia sp. (74927) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Sichuan) | Coelocladia sp. (36221) |