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Litophyllum

Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae

Taxonomy
Litophyllum was named by Etheridge (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chaetetinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Litophyllum Etheridge
1981Litophyllum Hill
2002Litophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderChaetetidaOkulitch 1936
RankNameAuthor
familyChaetetidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
subfamilyChaetetinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusLitophyllumEtheridge 1899

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. †Litophyllum Etheridge 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-19 06:45:11
Modified: 2009-05-09 19:56:53
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Givetian or 385.90000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4China L. inflatus (212695)