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Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae

Taxonomy
Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum was named by Zittel (1878). It is not extant. It is the type species of Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum).

It was recombined as Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum Zittel
2004Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) pluristellatum Finks et al. p. 292

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAzoricoideaSollas 1888
familyCnemidiastridaeSchrammen 1924
genusCnemidiastrumZittel 1878
subgenusTremastrumSchrammen 1924
speciespluristellatum(Zittel 1878)

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: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (114259)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74033)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Cnemidiastrum pluristellatum (74050 74063)