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Sphinctozoa (disused)
Taxonomy
Sphinctozoa was named by Steinmann (1882).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sphinctozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was assigned to Calcarea by Rigby and Potter (1986) and Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998); and to Porifera by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sphinctozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was assigned to Calcarea by Rigby and Potter (1986) and Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998); and to Porifera by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Sphinctozoa Steinmann |
| 1986 | Sphinctozoa Rigby and Potter |
| 1988 | Sphinctozoa Rigby et al. |
| 1998 | Sphinctozoa Zrzavy et al. |
| 2015 | Sphinctozoa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 67 |
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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.
Unr. †Sphinctozoa Steinmann 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Thanetian or 433.40000 to 56.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheinwoodian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Sphinctozoa indet. (121299) | |
| Moscovian - Kasimovian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Sphinctozoa indet. (76629) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Oman | Sphinctozoa indet. (24328) | |
| Longobardian | Spain | Sphinctozoa indet. (73813) | |
| Norian | Nepal | Sphinctozoa indet. (63526) | |
| Norian | Israel | Sphinctozoa indet. (67742) | |
| Norian | Italy | Sphinctozoa indet. (73879) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Japan (Kochi) | Sphinctozoa indet. (98600) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Iran (Esfahan) | Sphinctozoa indet. (98607) | |
| Sevatian | Austria | Sphinctozoa indet. (36815) | |
| Rhaetian | Russian Federation | Sphinctozoa indet. (40406) | |
| Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Switzerland | Sphinctozoa indet. (24200) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Italy | Sphinctozoa indet. (68259) | |
| Thanetian | Slovakia | Sphinctozoa indet. (88185) |