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Preeudea minima

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Preeudea minima was named by Termier and Termier (1977) [Collection of H. and G. Termier (Paris)]. Its type specimen is HGT 048 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia. It is the type species of Preeudea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Preeudea minima Termier et al. p. 33 figs. Pl 11, fig 6
1996Preeudea minima Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 89 figs. 33.1-33.8, 50.5, 53.6

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

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.

Preeudea minima Termier and Termier 1977
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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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Preeudea minima (41658 41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Preeudea minima (type locality: 42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Preeudea minima (41866 42003 42006 42037 42079)