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Stylospongia

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Stylospongia was named by Haeckel (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: K R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spongodiscidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Stylospongia Haeckel
2001Stylospongia De Wever et al. p. 160
2002Stylospongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusStylospongiaHaeckel 1862

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. Stylospongia Haeckel 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 201.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Peru (Amazonas) S. sp. A (94849)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) S. sp. (83083)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy S. longispina (47167)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica S. longispina (46962 51826) S. polygonata (46965)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica S. polygonata (46969)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman S. longispina (47179)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy S. titirez (49139)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy S. titirez (49131 49140 49141 49142 49143 49144 51792 51793)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Italy S. titirez (51696)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Italy S. titirez (49130)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy S. titirez (49126 49127 49128 49129 51794 51800 51801 51802 51803 51804 51805)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy S. titirez (51799)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Italy S. titirez (51796 51797 51798)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland S. sp. (95794)