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Keuppiella

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae

Taxonomy
Keuppiella was named by Engeser and Mehl (1993). It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rhopalicus Schrammen
1955Walcottella de Laubenfels p. 82
1993Keuppiella Engeser and Mehl
2002Rhopalicna Sepkoski
2002Walcottella Sepkoski
2004Keuppiella Finks et al. p. 495

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyCribrospongiidaeRoemer 1864
genusKeuppiellaEngeser and Mehl 1993

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.

G. †Keuppiella Engeser and Mehl 1993
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Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826
Invalid names: Rhopalicus Schrammen 1937 [replaced], Walcottella de Laubenfels 1955 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 18:50:16
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:50:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Walcotella pertusa (114278 114279 114501)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Walcotella pertusa (74034)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Walcotella pertusa (60807 60810 60812 60821 60850 114509)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Walcotella pertusa (74033 74036)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Walcotella pertusa (74044)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Walcotella pertusa (60851)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Walcotella pertusa (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Walcotella pertusa (74050 74062 74063)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Walcotella pertusa (74064)