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Welteria

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae

Taxonomy
Welteria was named by Vinassa de Regny (1915) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 920,941]. It is not extant. Its type is Welteria repleta.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Welteria Vinassa de Regny
2002Welteria Sepkoski
2004Welteria Finks et al. p. 697

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySolenolmiidaeEngeser 1986
subfamilySolenolmiinaeEngeser 1986
genusWelteriaVinassa de Regny 1915

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. †Welteria Vinassa de Regny 1915
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Welteria hamedanii Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Welteria hawasinensis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Welteria lutensis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2011
Welteria repleta Vinassa de Regny 1915
Welteria rhaetica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Sevatian or 272.30000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman W. hawasinensis (24325)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) W. sp. (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman W. sp. (24304 24306)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Iran W. lutensis (197554)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) W. sp. (36454)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria W. repleta (36815)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran W. hamedanii (37959 37961)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria W. repleta (36801 36807) W. rhaetica (22963)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran (Esfahan) W. hamedanii (117469)