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Zardinia platithalamica

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae

Taxonomy
Zardinia platithalamica was named by Dieci et al. (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is Rumerlo, which is in a Carnian perireef or subreef marl/limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Zardinia platithalamica Dieci et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
RankNameAuthor
familyPolysiphonidae
genusZardinia
speciesplatithalamica

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.

Zardinia platithalamica 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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Tuvalian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Hungary Zardinia platithalamica (60383)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Oman Zardinia platithalamica (49417)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Zardinia platithalamica (type locality: 38163)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Zardinia platithalamica (38018)