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Dictyoceratida

Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dictyoceratida Sepkoski
2004Dictyoceratida Finks et al. p. 43
2012Dictyoceratida Worheide et al. p. 23 figs. Fig. 1.4
2015Dictyoceratida West et al. p. 273
2022Dictyoceratida de Voogd et al. p. 131595

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassKeratosa
orderDictyoceratida
orderDictyoceratida

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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Fm. Dysideidae Gray 1867
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G. †Miritubus Botting 2005
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Miritubus erinaceus Botting 2005
G. †Ordinisabulo Botting 2005
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G. †Spongeliomorpha de Saporta 1887
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Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi Bromley and Asgaard 1979
Spongeliomorpha iberica de Saporta 1887
G. †Vadosifistula Botting 2005
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Vadosifistula milvus Botting 2005
G. †Felixium de Laubenfels 1955
G. †Spongeoliomorpha de Saporta 1887
Fm. Spongiidae Gray 1867
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G. †Onerosiconcha Botting 2005
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Onerosiconcha gregalia Botting 2005
Fm. Vaceletiidae Reitner and Engeser 1985
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G. Vaceletia Pickett 1982
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Vaceletia crypta Vacelet 1977
Vaceletia progenitor Pickett 1982
Invalid names: Irciniidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: COMMENTS: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007).o
Created: 2009-05-09 18:16:41
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:16:41
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Holocene or 466.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 460.9 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9United Kingdom (Wales) Onerosiconcha gregalia, Ordinisabulo quadragintaforma, Miritubus erinaceus, Vadosifistula milvus (119434)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi (199768)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Spongeliomorpha sp. (84260)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Spongeliomorpha suevica (154138)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi (224356)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Spongeliomorpha annulatum (82856)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Spongeliomorpha sp. (76988)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) Vaceletia progenitor (110070)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Spongeliomorpha oraviense (142111) Spongeliomorpha oraviense, Spongeliomorpha sicula (141924)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Vaceletia progenitor (176275)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (West Australia) Vaceletia progenitor (197322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Spongeliomorpha sp. (67929)