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Ramispongia ramosa

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Ramispongia ramosa was named by Quenstedt (1877). It is not extant. It is the type species of Ramispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyEuretinaeZittel 1877
genusRamispongiaQuenstedt 1877
speciesramosaQuenstedt 1877

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.

Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877
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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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Ramispongia ramosa (60810 60850)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Ramispongia ramosa (74033 74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Ramispongia ramosa (74044)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Ramispongia ramosa (60851 60853 60854 60856)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Ramispongia ramosa (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Ramispongia ramosa (74050 74063)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Ramispongia ramosa (74065 74066)