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Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis was named by Herenger (1942). It is not extant. Its type locality is Terracuques de Llebra Rasquera, which is in a Callovian marine limestone in Spain. It is the type species of Pseudoporospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis Herenger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyCypelliidaeSchrammen 1937
genusPseudoporospongia
speciestarraconensis

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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Spain (Catalonia) Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis (type locality: 112572)