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Polysiphonidae

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Polysiphonidae Girty
2004Polysiphonidae Finks et al. p. 733
2015Polysiphonidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familyPolysiphonidae
familyPolysiphonidae

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. †Polysiphonidae Girty 1909
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G. †Arbusculana Finks and Rigby 2004
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Invalid names: Arbuscula [replaced]
G. †Polysiphon Girty 1909
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Polysiphon mirabilis Girty 1909
G. †Zardinia Dieci et al. 1968
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Zardinia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1983
Zardinia perisulcata Dieci et al. 1968
Zardinia platithalamica Dieci et al. 1968
Zardinia retrosiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Norian or 266.90000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Arbuscula contortiplicata (75474) Cyathophyllum funatum (233340)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Polysiphon mirabilis (108821)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Zardinia sp. (67646)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany Zardinia platythalamica (67652)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Zardinia sp. (42258)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Italy Zardinia sp. (182570)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Oman Zardinia platithalamica, Zardinia retrosiphonata (49417)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Zardinia perisulcata (36558)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Hungary Zardinia sp., Zardinia platithalamica (60383)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Zardinia perisulcata (34691)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Slovenia Zardinia perisculata (60059)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan Zardinia perisulcata (165296 173348 173350)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Zardinia perisulcata (32835) Zardinia platithalamica (38163)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Türkiye Zardinia perisculata (60469)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Zardinia sp., Zardinia perisulcata, Zardinia platithalamica, Zardinia retrosiphonata, Zardinia cylindrica (38018)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Oregon) Zardinia sp. (100513)