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Physospongia

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Physospongia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Physospongiinae.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Physospongiinae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Physospongia Sepkoski
2004Physospongia Finks and Rigby p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyPhysospongiinaeHall and Clark 1899
genusPhysospongia

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: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Arundian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) P. colletti (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) P. colletti (8121) P. colletti, P. sp. (8137) P. dawsoni (8129 8136 8138) P. sp. (556)