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Platychoniidae

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae

Taxonomy
Platychoniidae was named by Schrammen (1924). It is extant. Its type is Platychonia.

It was assigned to Rhizomorina by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Platychoniidae Schrammen
2004Platychoniidae Finks et al. p. 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyPlatychoniidaeSchrammen 1924
familyPlatychoniidaeSchrammen 1924

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.

Fm. Platychoniidae Schrammen 1924
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G. †Amphibleptula Schmidt 1879
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Amphibleptula jurassica Pisera 1997
G. †Bothrolemma Schrammen 1924
G. †Chonellopsis Schrammen 1937
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Chonellopsis folium Schrammen 1937
Chonellopsis striata Schrammen 1937
G. †Platychonia Zittel 1878
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Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833
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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Lutetian or 168.20000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Platychonia magna (37510)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) Platychonia schlotheimi (93561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Platychonia schlotheimi (114245 114257 114258 114269 114271 114274 114275 114276 114278 114281 114498 114504 114511 114512 114513 114514 114515 114518 114519 114520 114525 114527)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Bothrolemma osculifera, Platychonia schlotheimi (60811 60818) Platychonia schlotheimi (60807 60808 60809 60810 60812 60813 60816 60817 60821 60850 114242 114248 114249 114253 114255 114262 114263 114265 114505 114506 114507 114508 114509 114510)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Platychonia schlotheimi, Platychonia striata (74034)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Platychonia argoviana, Platychonia auriformis, Platychonia oppeli, Platychonia ostreaformis, Platychonia rotunda, Platychonia tuberosa, Platychonia vagans (68642)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Platychonia schlotheimi, Platychonia striata (74036) Platychonia sp. (68548) Platychonia striata (74033)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Chonellopsis sp., Platychonia sp. (25411)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Platychonia sp., Platychonia argoviana, Platychonia auriformis, Platychonia oppeli, Platychonia ostreaformis, Platychonia rotunda, Platychonia tuberosa, Platychonia vagans (67975)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Platychonia schlotheimi (60851 60852 60853 60854 60855 60856)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal Platychonia auriformis (68215)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Platychonia schlotheimi, Platychonia striata (74037)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Platychonia sp. (34663 68586 68594)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Chonellopsis sp., Platychonia sp. (25412)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Platychonia schlotheimi (74062) Platychonia schlotheimi, Platychonia striata, Platychonia folium (74050) Platychonia schlotheimi, Platychonia striata, Platychonia folium, Amphibleptula jurassica (74063)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Platychonia auriformis (68207)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Platychonia sp. (34650) Platychonia striata (74065 74099) Platychonia striata, Amphibleptula jurassica (74064)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Platychonia sp. (34398)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Veneto) Platychonia sp. (110070)