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IRMNG taxon detailsDesmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy, 1968 †
marine,
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Taxonomic placement and status unclear; listed in Benton and in the PaleoBiology DB (2023 version) as in Porifera...
Taxonomic remark Taxonomic placement and status unclear; listed in Benton and in the PaleoBiology DB (2023 version) as in Porifera (Demospongea), however according to West, 2011, both the type genus (Desmidopora) and Schizolites are "most likely tabulate coral[s]". [details]
IRMNG (2023). Desmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy, 1968 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112874 on 2024-05-02
Date action by
basis of record
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
taxonomy source West, R. R. (2011). Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 2C: Classification of the fossil and living hypercalcified chaetetid-type Porifera (Demospongiae). <em>Treatise Online.</em> 22: 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.4139 note: per included genera, refer note [details] extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] From other sources
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Ordovician (Ashgill)-Devonian (Eifelian) [details]Taxonomic remark Taxonomic placement and status unclear; listed in Benton and in the PaleoBiology DB (2023 version) as in Porifera (Demospongea), however according to West, 2011, both the type genus (Desmidopora) and Schizolites are "most likely tabulate coral[s]". [details] |
