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Petrosiidae

Demospongiae - Haplosclerida - Petrosiidae

Taxonomy
Petrosiidae was named by van Soest (1980). It is extant. Its type is Petrosia.

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

Subtaxa
Petrosia (type genus), Propetrosia
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2006-07-26; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Petrosiidae van Soest
2004Petrosiidae Finks et al. p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHaplosclerida
familyPetrosiidaevan Soest 1980
familyPetrosiidaevan Soest 1980

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. Petrosiidae van Soest 1980
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G. Petrosia Vosmaer 1887
G. †Propetrosia Pisera and Busquets 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:19:05
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:19:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Bartonian or 137.05000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Italy Petrosiidae indet. (241348)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Propetrosia pristina (61247)