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Prestellispongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae

Taxonomy

Prestellispongia was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). It is the type genus of Prestellispongiinae.

It was assigned to Prestellispongiinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species

P. bolaria, P. fasciculata, P. lobata, P. maxima, P. paula, P. permica, P. scapulata, P. stellata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1996	Prestellispongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 49
2004	Prestellispongia Finks et al. p. 629

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongiae	(Sollas 1875)
order	Agelasida	Verrill 1907

Rank	Name	Author
family	Stellispongiellidae
subfamily	Prestellispongiinae	Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genus	Prestellispongia

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. †Prestellispongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

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†Prestellispongia bolaria Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

†Prestellispongia fasciculata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

†Prestellispongia lobata Parona 1933

†Prestellispongia maxima Senowbari-Daryan 2005

†Prestellispongia paula Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

†Prestellispongia permica Parona 1933

†Prestellispongia scapulata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

†Prestellispongia stellata Senowbari-Daryan 2005

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

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Created:

2007-09-07 05:16:14

Modified:

2009-05-09 20:07:15

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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

Collections (70 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Italy	Stellispongia lobata, Stellispongia permica (75474)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Tunisia (Madanin)	P. lobata (41658 41972) P. lobata, P. permica (42070) P. lobata, P. permica, P. paula (41654 41975) P. lobata, P. permica, P. paula, P. scapulata (41864) P. paula (42072) P. permica (41836) P. permica, P. paula (41863)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	Tunisia (Madanin)	Stellispongia lobata (42095) Stellispongia lobata, Stellispongia permica (42092)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Tunisia (Madanin)	P. bolaria (41871) P. fasciculata (42003) P. lobata (41855 41956 41963 42078 42079) P. lobata, P. paula (41958 42005 42026 42077 42080) P. lobata, P. permica (42017 42038) P. lobata, P. permica, P. paula (41955 42000 42076 42082) P. lobata, P. permica, P. paula, P. bolaria (41878) P. paula (41662 41663 41837 41854 41954 41962 41977 42001 42002 42004 42007 42008 42011 42039 42041 42042 42048 42074 42081) P. permica (41884 41957 41978 41999 42016 42024 42044) P. permica, P. bolaria (41870) P. permica, P. paula (41879 42013 42027 42037 42040 42046) P. scapulata (42006)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye (Anatolia)	P. stellata (38047)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Türkiye	P. maxima (183673)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Iran	P. maxima (37959 37961) P. stellata (36869)