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Palaeophragmodictya

Taxonomy
Palaeophragmodictya is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); to Dictyospongiinae by Finks and Rigby (2004); and to Porifera by Erwin et al. (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeophragmodictya Sepkoski
2004Palaeophragmodictya Finks and Rigby p. 376
2011Palaeophragmodictya Erwin et al. pp. SOM 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
genusPalaeophragmodictya

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.

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Palaeophragmodictya reticulata Gehling and Rigby 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-10-12 14:32:30
Modified: 2009-10-12 16:32:30
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Fedonkin et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) P. reticulata (10490 10491 10492 10493 10494 10495) P. sp. (89836 191896 191904)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) P. spinosa (191887 191889 191890)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation P. spinosa (191891)