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Typhlopleura dichotoma

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Typhlopleura dichotoma was named by Schrammen (1902). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pleurostoma dichotoma by Schrammen (1912).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Typhlopleura dichotoma Schrammen
1912Pleurostoma dichotoma Schrammen
2004Typhlopleura dichotoma Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyChonelasmatinaeSchrammen 1912
genusTyphlopleuraSchrammen 1902
speciesdichotomaSchrammen 1902

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.

Typhlopleura dichotoma Schrammen 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 18:50:16
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:50:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Pleurostoma dichotoma (31993)