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Favispongia

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae

Taxonomy
Favispongia was named by Quenstedt (1878). It is not extant. Its type is Scyphia obliqua. It is the type genus of Sporadopylidae.

It was assigned to Sporadopylidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Sporadopyle Zittel
1878Favispongia Quenstedt p. 118
1962Sporadopyle Lagneau-Herenger
2002Sporadopyle Sepkoski
2004Favispongia Finks et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
familySporadopylidaeSchrammen 1937
genusFavispongiaQuenstedt 1878

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. †Favispongia Quenstedt 1878
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Invalid names: Sporadopyle Zittel 1877 [objective synonym]
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 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Hauterivian or 167.70000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Sporadopyle obliqua (93561)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Rhone-Alpes) Sporadopyle micropora, Sporadopyle obliqua (114540)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Sporadopyle obliqua (114275 114277 114279 114515 114518 114520)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Sporadopyle obliqua (74044)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Sporadopyle obliqua (60851 60854)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Bavaria) Sporadopyle obliqua (25411)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sporadopyle germinata, Sporadopyle favrei, Sporadopyle flabellum, Sporadopyle obliqua (67975)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Sporadopyle obliqua (60808 114259 114261 114264 114505)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Sporadopyle sp. (68308)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sporadopyle favrei, Sporadopyle flabellum, Sporadopyle germinata, Sporadopyle obliqua (68642)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Sporadopyle favrei (68548) Sporadopyle obliqua, Sporadopyle pusilla (74033 74036)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany Sporadopyle obliqua, Sporadopyle pusilla (74050) Sporadopyle sp., Sporadopyle obliqua, Sporadopyle pusilla (74063)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Sporadopyle obliqua, Sporadopyle pusilla (74037)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Sporadopyle obliqua (74065) Sporadopyle sp. (34650)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Sporadopyle obliqua (111687 111689 111690 111693)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Sporadopyle obliqua (111694 111695 111696)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Sporadopyle obliqua (112147)