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Colospongiinae

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongiinae was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1990). It is not extant. Its type is Colospongia.

It was assigned to Colospongiidae by Stanley (1998), Finks et al. (2004), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2006-01-19; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-12-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Colospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan
1998Colospongiinae Stanley, Jr.
2004Colospongiinae Finks et al. p. 697
2014Colospongiinae Amirhassankhani et al. p. 294
2015Colospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 390

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

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
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 Ashgill to the top of the Rhaetian or 449.50000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (235 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Yukon) Pseudoimperatoria minima, Pseudoimperatoria media (99659)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Austria Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia pramollensis (112145)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Girtycoelia benjamini (159900)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xinjiang) Colospongia sp., Subascosymplegma sp. (228329)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Italy Colospongia benjamini (75509)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Colospongia monilis (41507 41512 41516)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman Colospongia americana, Colospongia maxima (24325) Colospongia cortexifera (82240)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran Colospongia sp., Colospongia cortexifera (75767)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia Colospongia gemina, Colospongia salinaria (36241) Colospongia sp. (86025)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Croatia Colospongia sp., Colospongia dubia, Waagenella sp. (75510)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Colospongia iranica (37960) Colospongia ramosa (34635 37959) Colospongia sp. (37961)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Colospongia sp. (25261 36450 58093) Colospongia sp., Colospongia catenulata (36815)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan Colospongia polytholosiaformis (36695 36697) Colospongia pseudosiphonata (34648 36696)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Colospongia sp. (36693)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran Colospongia sp. (175092)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Indonesia Colospongia elongata (34893)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Tajikistan Colospongia pseudosiphonata (36699)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Colospongia sp. (27537)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Colospongia sp. (36801 36807)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Tajikistan Colospongia pseudosiphonata (34645)