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Carterellidae

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Carterellidae

Taxonomy
Carterellidae was named by Schrammen (1901). It is extant. Its type is Carterella.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Carterellidae Schrammen
2004Carterellidae Finks et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderMegalithistida
suborderHelomorinaSchrammen 1924
familyCarterellidaeSchrammen 1901
familyCarterellidaeSchrammen 1901

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. Carterellidae Schrammen 1901
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Subfm. †Carterellinae Schrammen 1901
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G. †Carterella Zittel 1878
G. †Inodia Moret 1925
G. †Nematinion Hinde
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†Nematinion saudiensis Abbass 1972
Subfm. †Isoraphiniinae Schrammen 1924
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G. Costifer Wilson 1925
G. †Eulespongia Quenstedt 1877
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†Eulespongia texta Roemer 1864
Invalid names: Isoraphinia Zittel 1878 [synonym]
G. †Heloraphinia Schrammen 1937
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†Heloraphinia chordata Hurcewicz 1966
G. †Pachycothon Schrammen 1901
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†Pachycothon giganteum Roemer 1864
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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Waipawan or 154.80000 to 52.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.21 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Pachycothon quenstedti (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Pachycothon quenstedti (74050 74063)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Heloraphinia sp., Pachycothon quenstedti (74065) Pachycothon quenstedti (74066 74103) Pachycothon quenstedtii (34650)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Heloraphinia sp. (111533)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Isoraphinia texta (110533 110617) Isoraphinia texta, Pachycothon giganteum (110531)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Pachycothon giganteum (110532)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Pachycothon giganteum (110612)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Pachycothon giganteum (110530)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Carterella cylindrica, Pachycothon giganteum (110120 110122) Heloraphinia chordata, Pachycothon giganteum (110121) Pachycothon giganteum (110329)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Pachycothon giganteum (112628)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Inodia sp. (110119)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Pachycothon giganteum (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Inodia elisabethae (110337)
Teurian - Waipawan66.0 - 52.0New Zealand Costifer wilsoni (110069)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Nematinion libycus, Nematinion saudiensis (42459)