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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4580886	https://www.gbif.org/species/4580886
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	3743	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3743

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Colospongiidae : Colospongia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Colospongiidae : Colospongia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongea
subclass	Ceractinomorpha	Levi 1953
order	Agelasida	Verrill 1907
family	Colospongiidae	Senowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamily	Colospongiinae	Senowbari-Daryan 1990
genus	Colospongia	Laube 1864

Scientific Name

Colospongia Laube, 1864

Name Published In

Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 24, Abt. 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Colospongia	genus	belongs to Calcarea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Colospongia	genus	belongs to Porata	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2003
Colospongia	genus	belongs to Colospongiinae	stated with evidence	Finks et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

307 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

marine (based on Agelasida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Agelasida)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Agelasida)

Reproduction

oviparous (based on Agelasida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Agelasida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. C. Laube. 1865. Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian: Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie der Alpinen Trias. II. Abtheilung. Spongitarien, Corallen, Echiniden und Crinoiden

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Colospongia americana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Colospongia arakeljani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Colospongia aspergillum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Colospongia benjamini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	307 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia catenulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia composita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia cortexifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia cribrifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia dubia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	272 Ma Permian	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia globosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia iranica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia lenis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Colospongia leveni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Colospongia maxima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Colospongia mennulensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia monilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Colospongia multivesiculosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia nachodkiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia panormitana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia paronae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Colospongia pramollensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Colospongia ramosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia recta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Colospongia salinaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Colospongia semseyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Girtyocoelia benjamini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Manon dubium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steinmannia americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steinmannia salinaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steinmannia semseyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Waagenella muliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Colospongia Laube p. 17
1955	Waagenella de Laubenfels
2002	Colospongia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Colospongia Kiessling
2004	Colospongia Finks et al. p. 697
2014	Colospongia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 294

References

Laube G. C. , Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian: Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie der Alpinen Trias. II. Abtheilung. Spongitarien, Corallen, Echiniden und Crinoiden, 1-76

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872

Amirhassankhani F., Senowbari-Daryan B., et al (2014) Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) hypercalcified sponges from the Lut Block, east central Iran, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120, 287-315

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 24, Abt. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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