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Suberitidae

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae

Taxonomy
Suberitidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Suberites.

It was assigned to Clavulina by Finks et al. (2004); to Demospongiae by Worheide et al. (2012); and to Hadromerida by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Suberitidae Finks et al. p. 43
2012Suberitidae Worheide et al. p. 31 figs. Fig. 1.4
2015Suberitidae West et al. p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familySuberitidae
familySuberitidae

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.

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G. †Calcisuberites Reitner and Schlagintweit 1990
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Calcisuberites stromatoporoides Reitner and Schlagintweit 1990
G. †Chaetetes Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Chaetetes (Boswellia) Sokolov 1939
Subg. †Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) Fischer 1970
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Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana Turnsek et al. 1975
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Invalid names: Chaetetes beneckei Haug 1926 [synonym], Chaetetes waehneri Heritsch 1918 [synonym]
Chaetetes eximius Moore and Jeffords 1945
Chaetetes fructicosa Hall 1876
Chaetetes mackrothii Geinitz 1859
Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Chaetetes favosus Moore and Jeffords 1945 [synonym]
Chaetetes tabuliporoides Termier and Termier 1977
Chaetetes thomsoni Reed 1927
G. Suberites Nardo 1833
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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turinian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 457.30000 to 93.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 453.8 Ma

Collections (228 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleozoic538.8 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Chaetetes sp. (112415)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Chaetetes tchakerensis (205386)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Chaetetes sp. (32578 32579 32580 32581 32583 32585 32586)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation Chaetetes sp. (78801)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Chaetetes sp. (174157)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Chaetetes chakyrensis (205626)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Chaetetes sp. (34813)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (HeiLongJiang) Chaetetes sp. (21149)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (77051 77052 77054) Chaetetes sp. (450 451 452 459 463)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (81841 81863 82525 82527 82547)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (81900)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (77053 81820 81871 81879 81913 81915 82504 82569 83097 83098)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (82514)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Chaetetes lycoperdon (82501)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) Chaetetes sp. (27754)
Ludlow - Devonian427.4 - 358.9Morocco Chaetetes fletcheri (27399)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Vietnam Chaetetes ninae (83318)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Vietnam Chaetetes yunnanensis (83257)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Vietnam Chaetetes magnus (83329)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Australia (Queensland) Chaetetes sp. (40011)