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Maeandrostia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae

Taxonomy
Maeandrostia was named by Girty (1908). It is the type genus of Maeandrostiidae.

It was assigned to Maeandrostiidae by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (2005), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Maeandrostia Girty
2005Maeandrostia Senowbari-Daryan et al. p. 397
2014Maeandrostia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 300

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyMaeandrostiidaeFinks 1971
genusMaeandrostiaGirty 1908

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. †Maeandrostia Girty 1908
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Maeandrostia dubia Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007
Maeandrostia radiata Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005
Maeandrostia rostrata Deng 1982
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Rhaetian or 306.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) M. kansasensis (111697)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Iran M. kansasensis, M. radiata (59919)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia Peronidella sp. B (36241)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran M. kansasensis, M. dubia (75767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Xizang) M. rostrata (107304)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran M. sp. (175089)