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Platychonia schlotheimi

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae

Taxonomy
Scyphia schlotheimi was named by Goldfuss (1833). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platychonia schlotheimi by Schrammen (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. argoviana, P. auriformis, P. magna, P. oppeli, P. ostreaformis, P. rotunda, P. tuberosa, P. vagans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Scyphia schlotheimi Goldfuss
1937Platychonia schlotheimi Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyPlatychoniidaeSchrammen 1924
genusPlatychoniaZittel 1878
speciesschlotheimi(Goldfuss 1833)

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.

†Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) Platychonia schlotheimi (93561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Platychonia schlotheimi (114245 114257 114258 114269 114271 114274 114275 114276 114278 114281 114498 114504 114511 114512 114513 114514 114515 114518 114519 114520 114525 114527)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Platychonia schlotheimi (60807 60808 60809 60810 60811 60812 60813 60816 60817 60818 60821 60850 114242 114248 114249 114253 114255 114262 114263 114265 114505 114506 114507 114508 114509 114510)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Platychonia schlotheimi (74034)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Platychonia schlotheimi (74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Platychonia schlotheimi (60851 60852 60853 60854 60855 60856)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Platychonia schlotheimi (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Platychonia schlotheimi (74050 74062 74063)