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Diecithalamia polysiphonata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Cystothalamia polysiphonata was named by Dieci et al. (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is San Cassiano Fm, Alpe di Specie, which is in a Carnian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the San Cassiano Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Diecithalamia polysiphonata by Senowbari-Daryan (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Cystothalamia polysiphonata Dieci et al.
1990Diecithalamia polysiphonata Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusDiecithalamia
speciespolysiphonata()

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.

†Diecithalamia polysiphonata Dieci et al. 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Tuvalian or 239.48000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Diecithalamia polysiphonata (42258)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Diecithalamia polysiphonata (67723)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cystothalamia polysiphonata (34691 117544)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Oman Diecithalamia polysiphonata (24309)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Cystothalamia polysiphonata (type locality: 32923)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Türkiye Cystothalamia polysiphonata (60469)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Cystothalamia polysiphonata, Vesicocaulis multisiphonatus (38018)