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Alpinothalamia minima

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae

Taxonomy
Cystothalamia minima 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 was recombined as Alpinothalamia minima by Senowbari-Daryan (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cystothalamia minima Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer
1990Alpinothalamia minima Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
RankNameAuthor
familyCelyphiidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusAlpinothalamia
speciesminima(Senowbari-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.

Alpinothalamia minima 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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
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) Cystothalamia minima (38319)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Italy Alpinothalamia minima (170144)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) Cystothalamia minima (type locality: 36454)