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Kashanella ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Colospongiidae : Kashanella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 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) | B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kashanella cylindrica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Kashanella irregularis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2005 | Kashanella Senowbari-Daryan p. 181 |
2014 | Kashanella Amirhassankhani et al. p. 295 |
References
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!