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Adociidae

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Adociidae

Taxonomy
Adociidae was named by De Laubenfels (1936). It is extant.

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

Subtaxa
Aka

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Adociidae De Laubenfels
2004Adociidae Finks et al. p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyAdociidaeDe Laubenfels 1936
familyAdociidaeDe Laubenfels 1936

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. Adociidae De Laubenfels 1936
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G. Aka De Laubenfels 1936
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Aka muelleri Reitner and Keupp 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringo
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 09:21:39
Modified: 2007-10-08 11:21:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 237.00000 to 110.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 233.6 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Italy Aka cassianensis (182585) Aka sp. (182570)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Aka cassianensis (34691)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Aka cassianensis (67620)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Aka sp. (24140)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Aka muelleri (74033) Aka sp. (68549)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Aka sp. (24200)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Lower Saxony) Aka muelleri (24127)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Aka muelleri (74037)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Aka sp. (25412)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Aka muelleri (56771)