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Protoleucon

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Grantiidae

Taxonomy
Protoleucon is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calcaronea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Grantiidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Protoleucon Sepkoski
2004Protoleucon Finks et al. p. 737

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderSycettidaBidder 1898
familyGrantiidaeDendy 1893
genusProtoleucon

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available