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Fanthalamia

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae

Taxonomy
Fania was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 941,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Fanthalamiinae.

It was corrected as Fanthalamia by Finks et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Polytholosiidae by Senowbari-Daryan (1990); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fanthalamiinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Fania Senowbari-Daryan p. 81
2002Faniathalamia Sepkoski
2004Fanthalamia Finks et al. p. 721

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyVerticillitidaeSteinmann 1882
subfamilyFanthalamiinaeSenowbari-Daryan and Engeser 1996
genusFanthalamia()

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.

G. †Fanthalamia Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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Fanthalamia aksunensis Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Fanthalamia astoma Seilacher 1962
Fanthalamia glomerata Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2001
Fanthalamia kadiri Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2003
Fanthalamia milahaensis Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer 2008
Fanthalamia multicanalis Stanley, Jr. and Senowbari-Daryan 1999
Fanthalamia polystoma Seilacher 1962
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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Norian or 232.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Turkey F. kadiri (73853)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey (Isparta) Fania aksunensis (45514)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Fania polystoma (39170) Fania sp. (39179) F. glomerata, F. polystoma (100116)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) F. multicanalis, F. astoma (22994)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Polytholosia astoma (100391)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Polytholosia astoma (100412)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Tajikistan Polytholosia polystoma (36695)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6United Arab Emirates F. milahaensis (85064)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran F. aksuensis (37959 37960)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Tajikistan Polytholosia polystoma (36699)