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Polyjerea arbuscula

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida

Taxonomy
Polyjerea arbuscula was named by Hinde (1883). It is not extant. Its type locality is Warminster (Upper Greensand), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.

Entered
by B. Allen on 2026-05-29; modified by B. Allen on 2026-05-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Polyjerea arbuscula Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
genusPolyjereaFromentel 1860
speciesarbuscula

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.

†Polyjerea arbuscula Hinde 1883
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Polyjerea arbuscula (type locality: 153918)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Polyjerea arbuscula (278636)