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Phacellopegma schizoderma

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Phacellopegma schizoderma was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127599 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Phacellopegma schizoderma Finks p. 60 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-6; pl 10, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusPhacellopegmaGerth 1927
speciesschizoderma

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Phacellopegma schizoderma (111936)