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Protetraclisidae

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Protetraclisidae

Taxonomy
Protetraclisidae was named by Schrammen (1924). It is not extant. Its type is Protetraclis.

It was assigned to Tetracladina by Finks et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Protetraclisidae Schrammen
2004Protetraclisidae Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyProtetraclisidaeSchrammen 1924
familyProtetraclisidaeSchrammen 1924

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.

Fm. †Protetraclisidae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Rhizotetraclis Kolb 1910
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Rhizotetraclis plana Kolb 1910
G. †Sontheimia Kolb 1910
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Sontheimia parasitica Kolb 1910
Sontheimia perforata Kolb 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 167.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Rhizotetraclis plana (93561)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Sontheimia parasitica, Sontheimia perforata (74033 74036)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Sontheimia perforata (74037)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Rhizotetraclis plana, Sontheimia parasitica (34608)