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Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) colossea

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

Taxonomy
Discodermia colossea was named by Schrammen (1910). It is not extant. Its type locality is Teutonia Nord quarry, Late Campanian, Misburg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl/limestone in Germany.

It was recombined as Cladodermia colossea by Schrammen (1924); it was recombined as Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) colossea by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Discodermia colossea Schrammen
1924Cladodermia colossea Schrammen
2004Phyllodermia (Cladodermia) colossea Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
RankNameAuthor
familyTheonellidaeLendenfeld 1904
subfamilyAcrochordoniinaeSchrammen 1910
genusPhyllodermiaSchrammen 1924
subgenusCladodermia(Schrammen 1924)
speciescolossea()

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: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Cladodermia colossea (111533)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Discodermia colossea (type locality: 31993)