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Phymatella spinosa

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Taxonomy
Phymatella spinosa was named by Schrammen (1910). It is not extant. Its type locality is Halberstadt, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf marl in the "Scaphiten-Pläner" Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nodosa, P. reticulata, P. tuberosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Phymatella spinosa Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familySiphoniidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyPhymatellinaeSchrammen 1910
genusPhymatellaZittel 1878
speciesspinosa

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.

†Phymatella spinosa Schrammen 1910
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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Phymatella spinosa (type locality: 110532)