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Cameroptychium planum

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae

Taxonomy
Cameroptychium planum was named by Schrammen (1912). It is not extant. Its type locality is Heere, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf marl in the "Cuvieri-Pläner" Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Cameroptychium planum Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyCoeloptychidaeRoemer 1864
subfamilyCameroptychinae
genusCameroptychiumLeonhard 1897
speciesplanum

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.

†Cameroptychium planum 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 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

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 (Niedersachsen) Cameroptychium planum (type locality: 110533)