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Verrucospongia

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida

Taxonomy
Verrucospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scleritodermatoidea by Finks et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Verrucospongia Sepkoski
2004Verrucospongia Finks et al. p. 315

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyScleritodermatoideaSollas 1888
genusVerrucospongia

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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Verrucospongia crassa Laube 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 237.00000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy V. sp. 1 (69665)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia V. sparsa (90517)