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Tremaphorus apertus

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa

Taxonomy
Sporadopyle aperta was named by Oppliger (1915). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Tremaphorus apertus by Pisera (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Sporadopyle aperta Oppliger
1997Tremaphorus apertus Pisera

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
genusTremaphorusSchrammen 1937
speciesapertus(Oppliger 1915)

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.

Tremaphorus apertus Oppliger 1915
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Tremaphorus apertus (74033 74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Tremaphorus apertus (74044 74045)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Tremaphorus apertus (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Tremaphorus apertus (74050 74062)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Tremaphorus apertus (74064)