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Ventriculites cylindratus

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae

Taxonomy
Ventriculites cylindratus was named by Schrammen (1912). It is not extant. Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Ventriculites cylindratus Schrammen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyVentriculitidaeSmith 1848
subfamilyVentriculitinaeSmith 1848
genusVentriculitesMantell 1822
speciescylindratus

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.

Ventriculites cylindratus Schrammen 1912
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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 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Campanian or 132.90000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Rhone-Alpes) Ventriculites cylindratus (112150)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Ventriculites cylindratus (type locality: 110530)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Ventriculites cylindratus (64187)