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Polytubifungia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy

Species
P. maxima (type species), P. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Polytubifungia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 90
2004Polytubifungia Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyVirgolidaeTermier and Termier 1977
subfamilyPreeudinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusPolytubifungia

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. †Polytubifungia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Polytubifungia maxima Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Polytubifungia minima Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) P. maxima (41864 41971 42072) P. maxima, P. minima (41654)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) P. maxima (41854 41879 41955 42003 42027 42040 42082) P. minima (42077)