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Jereina ramosa

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Jereina ramosa was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127617 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Jereina ramosa Finks p. 75 figs. Pl 19, figs 3-7; text-figs 39,40

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

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 ramosa Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Finks 1960Ramose; slender cylindrical branches, with flat, slightly expanded tips, given off nearly at right angles; apochetes small and only slightly larger than the prosochetes; apochetes open in clusters, each at the bottom of a shallow depression; grooves and prosopores smaller and more closely spaced than in cylindrica.
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Jereina ramosa (108378)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Jereina ramosa (type locality: 43563 150252)