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Bisiphonella cylindrata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Bisiphonella cylindrata was named by Wu (1991). Its type specimen is xb27-B-2 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bisiphonella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bisiphonella cylindrata Wu p. 60 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,5; pl 9, fig 11
1994Bisiphonella cylindrata Rigby et al. p. 102 figs. Pl 13, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPreperonidellinae
genusBisiphonella
speciescylindrata

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: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Bisiphonella cylindrata (47454 144355 144367)