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Cribrospongia elegans

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae

Taxonomy
Tremadictyon elegans was named by Schrammen (1937). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cribrospongia elegans by Pisera (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Tremadictyon elegans Schrammen
1997Cribrospongia elegans Pisera

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyCribrospongiidaeRoemer 1864
genusCribrospongiad'Orbigny 1849
specieselegans(Schrammen 1937)

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.

Cribrospongia elegans Schrammen 1937
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Cribrospongia elegans (74033 74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Tremadictyon elegans (25411)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Cribrospongia elegans (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Cribrospongia elegans (74063)