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Xenoschrammenum alternans

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae

Taxonomy
Amphiblestrum alternans was named by Schrammen (1937). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Tremaphorus alternans by Wagner (1963); it was recombined as Xenoschrammenum alternans by Trammer (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Amphiblestrum alternans Schrammen
1963Tremaphorus alternans Wagner
1982Xenoschrammenum alternans Trammer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familySporadopylidaeSchrammen 1937
genusXenoschrammenumde Laubenfels 1955
speciesalternans(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.

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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Xenoschrammenum alternans (114497)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Xenoschrammenum alternans (74047)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Xenoschrammenum alternans (60851 60852 60854 60855 60856)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Xenoschrammenum alternans (60812 60850 114252)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Xenoschrammenum alternans (74099)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Tremaphorus alternans (34608)