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Hyalostelia

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Hyalostelia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stiodermatidae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hyalostelia Sepkoski
2004Hyalostelia Finks and Rigby p. 340

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyStiodermatidae
genusHyalostelia

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Moscovian or 461.10000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (California) H. sp. (425 226919 226920 226921)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) H. sp. (119484 119486)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (Nevada) H. sp. (296 226922)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom (Wales) H. fasicula (3317 3318 3319 3320 69537 69538 69543 69544 69545 69546 69547 69548 69549 69571 69584)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Peru H. sp. (8800)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom H. fasicula (69533 69534 69535 69536 69542 69550 69552 69558 69559 69560 69561 69562 69563 69564 69565 69566 69567 69568 69569 69570 69572 69573 69574 69575 69576 69577 69578 69579 69580 69597 69598)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom H. fasicula (69588 69589 69590 69591 69592 69593 69594 69595)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) H. sp. (75695)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) H. smithii (8442)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) H. sp. (39158)