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Verrucocoelia

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Verrucocoelia was named by Etallon (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Euretidae by Rigby and Mohanti (1993); to Hexactinosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euretinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Verrucocoelia Etallon
1993Verrucocoelia Rigby and Mohanti p. 917
2002Verrucocoelia Sepkoski
2004Verrucocoelia Finks et al. p. 471

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyEuretinaeZittel 1877
genusVerrucocoeliaEtallon 1859

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. †Verrucocoelia Etallon 1859
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Verrucocoelia alpina Herenger 1944
Verrucocoelia biswasi Rigby and Mohanti 1993
Verrucocoelia patella Gerasimov 1960
Verrucocoelia tubulata Smith 1848
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Invalid names: Periphragella elongata Moret 1925 [synonym], Periphragella simplex Schrammen 1912 [synonym]
Verrucocoelia verrucosa Goldfuss 1829
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 189.60000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco V. sp. (68514)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland V. gregaria (60854)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France V. bonjouri, V. gregaria, V. major, V. ramosa (67975)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland V. gregaria (60817)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain V. sp. (68308)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France V. bonjouri, V. gregaria, V. ramosa, V. verrucosa (68642)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany V. bipartita, V. verrucosa (74033) V. verrucosa (74036)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany V. verrucosa (74037)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) V. sp. 1, V. sp. 2 (154138)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) V. patella (114679)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) V. alpina (111687)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Periphragella elongata (112209)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Poland V. alpina, V. tubulata (112490) V. sp., V. alpina, V. tubulata (112492)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Periphragella simplex (110530)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (Ireland) V. sp. (197336)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India (Gujarat) V. biswasi (4889)