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Discostromatidae

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae

Taxonomy
Discostromatidae was named by Schrammen (1924). Its type is Discostroma.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Discostromatidae Schrammen
2004Discostromatidae Finks et al. p. 295

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyPlatychoniodeaSchrammen 1924
familyDiscostromatidaeSchrammen 1924
familyDiscostromatidaeSchrammen 1924

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. †Discostromatidae Schrammen 1924
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Subfm. †Discostromatinae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Discostroma Zittel 1878
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†Discostroma intricatum Quenstedt 1877
G. †Hyalotragos Zittel 1878
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†Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826
†Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833
Subfm. †Pyrgochoniinae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Pyrgochonia Zittel 1878
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Subg. †Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) Schrammen 1924
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Subg. †Pyrgochonia (Pyrgochonia) Reid 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos radiatum (93561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Hyalotragos patella (114245 114504 114511 114512 114514 114517 114518 114520 114522 114523 114524 114527) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos pezizoides (114244 114258 114273 114275 114276 114279 114502 114503 114513 114515 114516 114525 114526) Hyalotragos pezizoides (114257 114280 114495 114496 114497 114499 114521)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Hyalotragos patella (114252 114261 114263 114264) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos pezizoides (60808 60809 60810 60811 60816 114242 114247 114251 114259 114505) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos radiatum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (60807 60812 60821 60850) Hyalotragos pezizoides (60813 60818 114248 114249 114255 114260 114262 114265 114508 114509)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Hyalospongia rugosa, Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos pezizoides (60854) Hyalotragos patella (60856) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos pezizoides (60853 60855) Hyalotragos patella, Hyalotragos radiatum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (60851 60852)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Pyrgochonia radiata, Pyrgochonia acetabulum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74037)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Hyalotragos sp. (34663 68594)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Hyalotragos sp. (68242)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Pyrgochonia acetabulum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74062 74063) Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Pyrgochonia radiata, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74050)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Hyalotragos patelloides, Hyalotragos sp., Hyalotragos pezizoides (34650) Hyalotragos pezizoides (74103) Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Pyrgochonia radiata, Pyrgochonia acetabulum, Discostroma intricatum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74064) Hyalotragos rugosum, Hyalotragos patella, Pyrgochonia radiata, Pyrgochonia acetabulum, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74065) Pyrgochonia radiata, Hyalotragos pezizoides (74066)