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Plinthosella squamosa

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

Taxonomy
Plinthosella squamosa was named by Zittel (1878). It is not extant. It is the type species of Plinthosella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. magna

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Plinthosella squamosa Zittel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyPlinthosellidaeSchrammen 1910
genusPlinthosellaZittel 1878
speciessquamosaZittel 1878

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.

†Plinthosella squamosa Zittel 1878
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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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110333)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Plinthosella squamosa (110614)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110335)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Plinthosella squamosa (110530)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110120)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Plinthosella squamosa (112628)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110119)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Plinthosella squamosa (64177 64215)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Plinthosella squamosa (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110337 110339)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Plinthosella squamosa (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Plinthosella squamosa (110341)