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Azoricoidea

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida

Taxonomy
Azoricoidea was named by Sollas (1888). It is extant. Its type is Azorica.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Azoricoidea Sollas
2004Azoricoidea Finks et al. p. 279

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyAzoricoideaSollas 1888
superfamilyAzoricoideaSollas 1888

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.

Superfm. Azoricoidea Sollas 1888
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Fm. Azoricidae Sollas 1888
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Subfm. †Astroboliinae De Laubenfels 1955
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G. †Astrobolia Zittel 1878
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Invalid names: Rhagosphecion Pomel 1872 [objective synonym]
G. †Bolidium Zittel 1878
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†Bolidium arbustum Hurcewicz 1968
†Bolidium bertii Frisone et al. 2016
Subfm. †Aulosominae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Aulosoma
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†Aulosoma radiciformis Phillips 1835
G. †Coelosphaeroma Schrammen 1910
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†Coelosphaeroma appendiculata Schrammen 1910
G. †Oncodona
G. †Stachyspongia Zittel 1878
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†Stachyspongia spica Roemer 1864
G. †Yrrhiza
Subfm. †Azoricinae Sollas 1888
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G. Azorica Carter 1873
G. †Chonella Zittel 1878
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†Chonella rugosus Pomel 1872
†Chonella tenuis Roemer 1864
G. †Cnemaulax
G. †Coscinostoma Schrammen 1910
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†Coscinostoma auricula Schrammen 1910
†Coscinostoma fragilis Schrammen 1910
G. †Plinthodermatium Schrammen 1910
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†Plinthodermatium exile Schrammen 1910
G. †Pliobolia Pomel 1872
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†Pliobolia vermiculata Pomel 1872
Invalid names: Trachynoton [synonym]
G. †Plioboliopsis Brimaud and Vachard 1986
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†Plioboliopsis hispanica Brimaud and Vachard 1986
Subfm. †Cytoraciinae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Allomera
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Invalid names: Pleuromera [synonym]
G. †Cnemispongia Quenstedt 1877
G. †Coelocorypha Zittel 1878
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†Coelocorypha bulbosa Hurcewicz 1968
†Coelocorypha catalaunica Lagneau-Herenger 1962
†Coelocorypha nidulifera Roemer 1864
†Coelocorypha subglobosa Zittel 1878
G. †Cytoracia Pomel 1872
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†Cytoracia costata Schrammen 1910
†Cytoracia grandis Roemer 1864
†Cytoracia impressa Roemer 1864
†Cytoracia rimosa Schrammen 1910
†Cytoracia turbinata Schrammen 1910
†Cytoracia variabilis Kolb 1910
Subfm. †Leiochoniinae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Leiochonia Schrammen 1901
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†Leiochonia cryptoporosa Schrammen 1901
†Leiochonia pinguis Schrammen 1910
†Leiochonia robusta Schrammen 1910
G. †Pseudocytoracea Lagneau-Herenger 1962
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†Pseudocytoracea curta Lagneau-Herenger 1962
†Pseudocytoracea plicata Lagneau-Herenger 1962
G. †Scytalia Zittel 1878
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†Scytalia excavata Lagneau-Herenger 1962
†Scytalia turbinata Roemer 1864
Invalid names: Pseudoscytalia [synonym]
G. Leiodermatium Schmidt 1870
Subfm. †Siphonidiinae Lendenfeld 1904
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G. †Pachysalax Schrammen 1910
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†Pachysalax processifer Schrammen 1910
Fm. †Cnemidiastridae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Cnemidiastrum Zittel 1878
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†Cnemidiastrum almeriae Brimaud and Vachard 1986
†Cnemidiastrum reticulatus Lagneau-Herenger 1962
†Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826
Invalid names: Lithostrobilis [synonym], Lithostrobilus Schrammen 1937 [objective synonym]
G. †Cnemopeltia Pomel 1872
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Subg. †Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) Reid 2004
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G. †Cucumaltina Brimaud and Vachard 1986
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†Cucumaltina placocephalus Brimaud and Vachard 1986
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Tortonian or 168.20000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 165.3 Ma

Collections (117 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) Cnemidiastrum sp., Cnemidiastrum stellatum (93561)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Rhone-Alpes) Azorica calloviensis, Cytoracia cylindrica, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (114540)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (114270 114496) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (114244 114256 114257 114258 114275 114495 114497 114500 114501 114502 114503 114504 114513 114514 114515 114524 114525 114526) Cnemidiastrum stellatum (114243 114245 114272 114273 114279 114499 114511 114517 114518 114520 114521 114522 114523)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Cnemidiastrum calycinum, Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (68642)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (60811 60821 114508 114510) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (60807 60810 60812 114242 114246 114248 114249 114250 114252 114260 114261 114262 114263 114264 114282 114505 114507 114509) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum, Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (114259) Cnemidiastrum stellatum (60808 60813 114251 114254 114265 114506)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (74036) Cnemidiastrum stellatum, Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74033)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Cnemidiastrum sp. (67866 67867)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (60851) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (60852 60855 60856) Cnemidiastrum stellatum (60854)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Cnemidiastrum calycinum, Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (67975)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Cnemidiastrum goldfussi, Cnemidiastrum sp., Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum (25411)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum, Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74037)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Cnemidiastrum granulosum (25412)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (74062) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum, Cytoracea variabilis (74063) Cnemidiastrum rimulosum, Cnemidiastrum stellatum, Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74050)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Cnemidiastrum rimulosum (74064 74065 74066) Cnemidiastrum sp. (34650)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cnemidiastrum corallinum (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Cytoracia variabilis (34608)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Coelosphaeroma appendiculata, Lithostrobilus reticulatus, Pseudocytoracea curta (111534) Stachyspongia spica, Scytalia turbinata, Chonella tenuis, Coscinostoma fragilis, Coelocorypha catalaunica, Pseudocytoracea plicata, Pseudocytoracea curta, Scytalia excavata, Scytalia radiciformis (111533)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Rhone-Alpes) Leiochonia cryptoporosa (110460)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Astrobolia conglobata, Astrobolia plauensis, Scytalia pertusa, Scytalia sp., Cytoracia obesa, Chonella patella, Chonella sp. (90517) Cytoracia obesa, Chonella sp. (90518)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Scytalia terebrata, Leiochonia pinguis (110617) Scytalia terebrata, Stachyspongia ramosa, Chonella tenuis (110531) Scytalia terebrata, Stachyspongia spica, Cytoracia turbinata (110533)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Astrobolia hemisphaerica, Astrobolia tenella, Astrobolia globosa, Bolidium palmatum, Coelocorypha socialis, Coelocorypha acuta, Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Coelocorypha nidulifera, Coelocorypha subglobosa, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Cytoracia costata, Cytoracia impressa, Cytoracia grandis (110612) Coelocorypha subglobosa, Cytoracia costata, Cytoracia impressa, Cytoracia grandis (110613)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Greece Bolidium arbustum (61516)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Scytalia terebrata, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Chonella tenuis, Coscinostoma fragilis, Scytalia radiciformis (110614)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Chonella tenuis, Scytalia radiciformis (110616) Scytalia terebrata, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Chonella tenuis, Coscinostoma fragilis, Scytalia radiciformis (110530) Scytalia terebrata, Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Coelocorypha nidulifera (110615)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Coelocorypha bulbosa, Scytalia radiciformis (110121) Scytalia terebrata, Bolidium arbustum, Coscinostoma fragilis, Scytalia radiciformis (110120) Scytalia terebrata, Scytalia sp., Coelocorypha bulbosa, Scytalia turbinata, Coscinostoma fragilis, Scytalia radiciformis (110122) Stachyspongia tuberculosa (110344)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Chonella tenuis, Coscinostoma fragilis (112628) Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Scytalia turbinata, Coelocorypha subglobosa, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Cytoracia turbinata (112629)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Scytalia terebrata, Stachyspongia tuberculosa, Pachysalax processifer, Plinthodermatium exile, Coelosphaeroma appendiculata, Leiochonia robusta, Leiochonia cryptoporosa, Chonella tenuis, Coscinostoma fragilis, Coscinostoma auricula, Cytoracia turbinata, Cytoracia rimosa, Scytalia radiciformis (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Leiochonia cryptoporosa (110337)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Veneto) Stachyspongia sp., Pliobolia vermiculata, Bolidium bertii (110070)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Algeria Chonella rugosus, Coscinostoma vermiculata (114102) Coscinostoma vermiculata (114101)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain (Andalusia) Cnemidiastrum almeriae (110114) Plioboliopsis hispanica, Cnemidiastrum almeriae (116135)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain (Murcia) Cnemidiastrum almeriae, Cucumaltina placocephalus (116137) Plioboliopsis hispanica, Cnemidiastrum almeriae, Cucumaltina placocephalus (116132)