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Battaglia major

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae

Taxonomy
Battaglia major was named by Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer (1986). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cozzo di Lupo reef, Sicily, Italy, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Panormide Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Battaglia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Battaglia major Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySolenolmiidaeEngeser 1986
subfamilyBattagliinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusBattagliaSenowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1986
speciesmajorSenowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1986

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.

Battaglia major Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1986
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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: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) Battaglia major (38319)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Italy Battaglia major (170144)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) Battaglia major (type locality: 36454)