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Porospongia marginata

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa

Taxonomy
Manon marginatum was named by Goldfuss (1829). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Porospongia marginata by Quenstedt (1878).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Manon marginatum Goldfuss
1878Porospongia marginata Quenstedt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
genusPorospongiad'Orbigny 1849
speciesmarginata(Goldfuss 1829)

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.

Porospongia marginata Goldfuss 1829
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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 18:50:16
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:50:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Porospongia marginata (60821)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Porospongia marginata (68642)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Porospongia marginata (74033 74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Porospongia marginata (60853)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Porospongia marginata (67975)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Porospongia marginata (25411)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Porospongia marginata (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Porospongia marginata (74050 74063)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Porospongia marginata (74064)