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Rhopalospongia obliqua

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalospongia obliqua 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 2026-06-01; modified by B. Allen on 2026-06-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Rhopalospongia obliqua Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyTheonellidaeLendenfeld 1904
genusRhopalospongia
speciesobliqua

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.

†Rhopalospongia obliqua 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Rhopalospongia obliqua (type locality: 153918)