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Thaumastocoelia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Thaumastocoelia was named by Steinmann (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 941]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Thaumastocoeliidae, Thaumastocoeliinae.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Thaumastocoeliidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Thaumastocoeliinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Thaumastocoelia Steinmann
2002Thaumastocoelia Sepkoski
2004Thaumastocoelia Finks et al. p. 664
2015Thaumastocoelia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
genusThaumastocoeliaSteinmann 1882

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. †Thaumastocoelia Steinmann 1882
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Thaumastocoelia cassiana Steinmann 1882
Thaumastocoelia dolomitica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
Thaumastocoelia irregularis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Thaumastocoelia mutaria Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Thaumastocoelia ovoidalis Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Thaumastocoelia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida Senowbari-Daryan 1994
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
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Sevatian or 279.30000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran T. irregularis (59919)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman T. irregularis (82237 82238 82240 82243) T. sp. (24325)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) T. spheroida, T. irregularis (10698)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation T. sp. (102515)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy T. dolomitica (49916)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy T. dolomitica (23570)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Hungary T. cassiana (150424) T. dolomitica (150425 150426)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy T. cassiana (32923)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy T. cassiana (34691)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy T. siciliana (170144)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Idaho) T. sp. (99505)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey T. sphaeroida (73860)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) T. sphaeroida, T. ovoidalis (38047)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) T. mutaria (36454)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) T. sp. (45379)