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Wollemannia araneosa

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Wollemannia araneosa was named by Schrammen (1912). It is not extant. Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany. It is the type species of Wollemannia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyChonelasmatinaeSchrammen 1912
genusWollemannia
speciesaraneosa

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.

Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen 1912
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Poland Wollemannia araneosa (112490)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Wollemannia araneosa (type locality: 110530)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Wollemannia araneosa (112628)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (Ireland) Wollemannia araneosa (197336 197341 197342)