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Phrissospongia hoffmanni

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae

Taxonomy
Phrissospongia hoffmanni was named by Wagner (1963). It is not extant. Its type locality is Neuburg (Donau), which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Neuburger Weiß Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Phrissospongia hoffmanni Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderDicranocladinaSchrammen 1924
familyCorallistidaeSollas 1888
subfamilyGignouxiinaeDe Laubenfels
genusPhrissospongiaMoret 1926
specieshoffmanni

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.

Phrissospongia hoffmanni Wagner 1963
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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Bayern) Phrissospongia hoffmanni (type locality: 114012)