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Elasmoierea

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Elasmoierea is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Elasmoierea sequana.

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

Species
E. sequana (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Elasmocoelia Sepkoski
2002Elasmoierea Sepkoski
2004Elasmoierea Finks et al. p. 741

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderStellispongiida
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyStellispongiinaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusElasmoierea

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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Elasmoierea sequana Fromentel 1860
Invalid names: Elasmocoelia [synonym]
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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 140.20000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland E. sp. (2225)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Elasmocoelia macropora (96668)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland E. tortuosa, E. crassa, E. sequana (2256)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Elasmocoelia crassa, Elasmocoelia mantelli (1854)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Bayern) E. sp. (114012)