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Cheilosporites
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Subphylum:
Gelatinosa
Class:
Demospongea
Subclass:
Ceractinomorpha
Order:
Vaceletida
Family:
Cheilosporitiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cheilosporites WÄHNER, 1903, p. 98
Type Species:
C. tirolensis, OD
Images
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Fig. 472, I.*C. tirolensis, Steinplatten Reef, Rhaetian, northern Calcareous Alps, Italy, thin section including several examples of chambered species cut in various directions and coated by crusts of dark, possible algae, X3 (Fischer, 1962).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Italy (Sicily), Austria, Greece, Jugoslavia, Hungary, Turkey, Norian–Rhaetian; Tajikistan, Carnian-Rhaetian.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic (Carnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic (Rhaetian)
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Sphinctozoan sponges with asiphonate spongocoel in early stages and retrosiphonate in later stages, stems without filling structures and vesiculae.
References
Wähner, F. 1903. Das Sonnwendgebirge im Unterinntal, ein Typus eines alpinen Gebirgsbaues. F. Deuticke. Leipzig-Wien. 356 p., 19 pl., 96 fig.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Subphylum:
Gelatinosa
Class:
Demospongea
Subclass:
Ceractinomorpha
Order:
Vaceletida
Family:
Cheilosporitiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cheilosporites WÄHNER, 1903, p. 98
Type Species:
C. tirolensis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 472, I.*C. tirolensis, Steinplatten Reef, Rhaetian, northern Calcareous Alps, Italy, thin section including several examples of chambered species cut in various directions and coated by crusts of dark, possible algae, X3 (Fischer, 1962).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Italy (Sicily), Austria, Greece, Jugoslavia, Hungary, Turkey, Norian–Rhaetian; Tajikistan, Carnian-Rhaetian.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic (Carnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Triassic (Rhaetian)
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Sphinctozoan sponges with asiphonate spongocoel in early stages and retrosiphonate in later stages, stems without filling structures and vesiculae.
References
Wähner, F. 1903. Das Sonnwendgebirge im Unterinntal, ein Typus eines alpinen Gebirgsbaues. F. Deuticke. Leipzig-Wien. 356 p., 19 pl., 96 fig.