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Platythalamiella newelli

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Platythalamiella newelli was named by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 427300 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Platythalamiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Platythalamiella newelli Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 184 figs. Pl 27, fig 14; pl 29, fig 7,8; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyCorymbospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusPlatythalamiella
speciesnewelli

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.

Platythalamiella newelli Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Diagnosis
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