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Seliscothonidae

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae

Taxonomy
Seliscothonidae was named by Schrammen (1924). It is extant. Its type is Seliscothon.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Seliscothonidae Schrammen
2004Seliscothonidae Finks et al. p. 311

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1875
superfamilyScleritodermatoideaSollas 1888
familySeliscothonidaeSchrammen 1924
familySeliscothonidaeSchrammen 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. Seliscothonidae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Histiodia Pomel 1872
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†Histiodia undulata Pomel 1872
G. †Kaliapsis Bowerbank 1869
G. †Pachyselis Schrammen 1924
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†Pachyselis auriformis Roemer 1840
G. †Phlyctia Pomel 1872
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†Phlyctia expansa Pomel 1872
G. †Rhabdotum Schrammen 1924
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†Rhabdotum columna Schrammen 1924
G. †Seliscothon Zittel 1878
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†Seliscothon explanatus Roemer 1864
†Seliscothon mantelli Goldfuss 1826
†Seliscothon marginatum Roemer 1841
†Seliscothon pingue Schrammen 1910
†Seliscothon planus Phillips 1835
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Invalid names: Spongia capitata Phillips 1835 [synonym]
†Seliscothon testaflorum Quenstedt 1878
†Seliscothon verrucosum Schrammen 1924
G. †Trachydictya Pomel 1872
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†Trachydictya pomeli 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: 2009-05-09 01:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Tortonian or 161.50000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Trachydictya sp. (74033)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Trachydictya sp. (74063)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Germany (Niedersachsen) Chonella auriformis (278523)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Seliscothon azoricoides (111534) Seliscothon phlyctioides (111533)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Volgograd) Seliscothon sp. (92399)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Spongia plana, Spongia capitata, Seliscothon explanatus (278467)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon explanatus (278527)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Bayern) Seliscothon mantelli, Rhabdotum columna (114012)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Seliscothon sp. (90517)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon planum (110533 110617) Seliscothon planum, Chonella auriformis (110531)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Chonella auriformis, Seliscothon mantelli, Seliscothon marginatum (110612) Seliscothon mantelli, Seliscothon marginatum (110613)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon pingue, Seliscothon mantelli (110618)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon planum, Seliscothon mantelli (110614)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon mantelli (110615) Seliscothon planum, Seliscothon mantelli (110530 110616)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Seliscothon planum (110121 110122 110344) Seliscothon planum, Seliscothon verrucosum (110120)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Seliscothon mantelli, Seliscothon verrucosum (112629) Seliscothon planum, Seliscothon phlyctioides (112628)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Seliscothon planum (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Seliscothon planum, Chonella auriformis, Seliscothon mantelli (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Seliscothon planum (64153)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Veneto) Phlyctia expansa (110070)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Phlyctia expansa (61243 141925 277559)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Algeria Seliscothon undulatum (114102) Seliscothon undulatum, Phlyctia expansa (114101)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain (Andalusia) Trachydictya pomeli (110114 116135)