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Preperonidella gravida

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Peronidella gravida was named by Wu (1991). Its type specimen is xb33-6-3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef 33-6, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Preperonidella gravida by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Peronidella gravida Wu p. 61 figs. Pl 8, fig 10
2007Preperonidella gravida Senowbari-Daryan et al. p. 595

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPreperonidellinae
genusPreperonidella
speciesgravida()

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.

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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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Peronidella gravida (51171 type locality: 144359)