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Oculospongia

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Oculospongia was named by Fromentel (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-u K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holcospongiinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Oculospongia Fromentel
2002Crispispongia Sepkoski
2002Oculospongia Sepkoski
2004Oculospongia Finks et al. p. 747

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderStellispongiida
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusOculospongiaFromentel 1860

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.

G. †Oculospongia Fromentel 1860
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Subg. †Oculospongia (Virmula) de Gregorio 1930
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Oculospongia (Virmula) notans de Gregorio 1930
Oculospongia kielanae Hurcewicz 1975
Oculospongia protubulifera Hurcewicz 1975
Invalid names: Crispispongia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Aptian or 266.90000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy O. notans (233340)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France O. sp. (37510)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland O. kielanae (113006) O. protubulifera (113063)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Crispispongia parabolis, O. sp. (68220)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Crispispongia stolata (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Crispispongia expansa (114542) Crispispongia expansa, Crispispongia parabolis (74069 74104)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Crispispongia expansa (23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Crispispongia expansa (23903 34398) Crispispongia expansa, Crispispongia parabolis (23904)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland O. fromentelliana (2224)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France O. flabellata, O. irregularis, O. sp. (96668)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland O. irregularis (2256)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) O. dilatata (1854)