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Jereina cylindrica

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Jereina cylindrica was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is PU 78875 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PU20g, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Jereina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Jereina cylindrica Finks p. 75 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-3; pl 1, figs 3-8; pl 19, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusJereina
speciescylindrica

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.

Jereina cylindrica Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Finks 1960Large, cylindrical, and unbranched, with contracted base and flat, centrally depressed top; apochetes much larger than prosochetes and generally opening singly.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Jereina cylindrica (43515 108354 type locality: 108355 108367 108374)