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Ptychochaetetes

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Ptychochaetetes was named by Koechlin (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: J u Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is not extant. Its type is Ptychochaetetes ramosus.

It was assigned to Parastromatoporidae by Termier et al. (1985); to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Demospongiae by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Ptychochaetetes Koechlin
1985Ptychochaetetes Termier et al.
2002Ptychochaetetes Sepkoski
2015Ptychochaetetes West et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
genusPtychochaetetesKoechlin 1947

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. †Ptychochaetetes Koechlin 1947
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Ptychochaetetes peroni Fischer 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lacian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 227.30000 to 121.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 215.38 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Türkiye (Anatolia) P. sp. (38048)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan P. varioparietes (34648)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) P. polyporus (31435 98352)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal P. peroni (68246)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Algeria P. sp. (79366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal P. globosus (68610) P. globosus, P. peroni (68590) P. sp. (68620)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania P. sp. (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. globosus, P. peroni (34663 68585) P. peroni (68586)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal P. peroni (68249)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria P. globosus (36223)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal P. sp. (25327)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal P. globosus (68609)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Serbia (Serbia) P. globosus (57151 57152 57156)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Varioparietes lamellosus (64068)