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Teganium

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Teganiidae

Taxonomy
Teganium is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Teganiidae.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sphaerodictya Sepkoski
2002Teganium Sepkoski
2004Teganium Finks and Rigby p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
RankNameAuthor
orderReticulosaReid 1958
superfamilyHintzespongioideaFinks 1983
familyTeganiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusTeganium

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. †Teganium
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Invalid names: Sphaerodictya [objective synonym]
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: Silurian or 443.10000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) T. sp. (468)