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Seliscothon planus

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae

Taxonomy
Spongia plana was named by Phillips (1835). It is not extant. Its type locality is Flamborough, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Seliscothon planus by Zittel (1878), Hinde (1883).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. planum

Synonyms
  • Spongia capitata was named by Phillips (1835). It is not extant. Its type locality is Flamborough, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Seliscothon planus by Zittel (1878), Hinde (1883).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Spongia capitata Phillips
1835Spongia plana Phillips
1878Seliscothon planus Zittel
1883Seliscothon planus Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1875
superfamilyScleritodermatoideaSollas 1888
familySeliscothonidaeSchrammen 1924
genusSeliscothonZittel 1878
speciesplanus(Phillips 1835)

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.

†Seliscothon planus Phillips 1835
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Invalid names: Spongia capitata Phillips 1835 [synonym]
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: 2009-05-09 01:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Spongia plana, Spongia capitata (type locality: 278467)