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Chaetetopsis

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae

Taxonomy
Chaetetopsis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Suberitidae by West et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. crinita, C. favrei, C. krimholzi, C. zonata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Chaetetopsis Sepkoski
2015Chaetetopsis West et al. p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familySuberitidae
genusChaetetopsis

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
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: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 154.80000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal C. krimholzi (68587 68589)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. crinita (34663 68585) C. krimholzi (68586)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2North Atlantic C. krimholzi (67977)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia C. crinita (31284)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1North Atlantic C. krimholzi (67978)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan C. crinita (34551 68310)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6North Atlantic C. krimholzi (45348)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia C. favrei (67511 89961 89976)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France C. favrei (69738)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine C. zonata, C. favrei (67457)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia C. favrei, C. krimholzi (74800)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Austria C. favrei (74610)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France C. krimholzi (74574 74575 74576)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany C. favrei (50421 50508) C. sp. (50511)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain C. favrei (23537)