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Murania

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae

Taxonomy
Murania was named by Kazmierczak (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Milleporellidae by Wood (1987), West et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Murania Kazmierczak
1987Murania Wood
2002Murania Sepkoski
2015Murania West et al. p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyMilleporellidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1935
genusMuraniaKazmierczak 1974

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.

G. †Murania Kazmierczak 1974
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Murania kazmierczaki Reitner 1992
Murania reitneri Schlagintweit 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-11-23 10:30:57
Modified: 2007-11-23 12:30:57
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Wood 1987

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 237.00000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Italy M. kazmierczaki (182586)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Trentino) M. sp. (139235)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan M. kazmierczaki (173348)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Austria M. reitneri (117181)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria M. reitneri (36223 117180)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Germany M. reitneri (117182)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy M. sp. (196864)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria M. reitneri (151494)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany M. lefeldi, M. merbeleri (50421)