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Palaeosabella

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosabella was named by Clarke (1921) [boring]. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Clionaidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Ichnofossils by Beuck et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Palaeosabella Clarke
2004Palaeosabella Finks et al. p. 40
2008Palaeosabella Beuck et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyClionaidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusPalaeosabellaClarke 1921

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. †Palaeosabella Clarke 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 12:16:08
Modified: 2009-04-21 14:16:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Emsian or 433.40000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden P. sp. (198679)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) P. sp. (37082)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) P. sp. (37106)