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Verruculina crassa

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae

Taxonomy
Chenendopora crassa was named by Roemer (1864). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Verruculina crassa by Schrammen (1910).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. astraea, V. aurita, V. gevreyi, V. miliaris, V. multiforis, V. phillipsi, V. reussi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Chenendopora crassa Roemer
1910Verruculina crassa Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyScleritodermatoideaSollas 1888
familyScleritodermatidaeSollas 1888
subfamilyAmphithelioninaeSchrammen 1924
genusVerruculinaZittel 1878
speciescrassa(Roemer 1864)

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.

†Verruculina crassa Roemer 1864
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Verruculina crassa (110531 110533)