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Stereochlamis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2235712	https://www.gbif.org/species/2235712
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	189094	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=189094

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Cribrospongiidae : Stereochlamis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hexactinosa : Cribrospongiidae : Stereochlamis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Hexactinellida	Schmidt 1870
subclass	Hexasterophora	Schulze 1886
order	Hexactinosa	Schrammen 1903
family	Cribrospongiidae	Roemer 1864
genus	Stereochlamis	Schrammen 1912

Scientific Name

Stereochlamis Schrammen, 1912

Name Published In

Schrammen, A. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland. II. Teil. Triaxonia (Hexactinellida). Palaeontographica 5 (supplement): 177-385, pls XXV-XLV.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stereochlamis	genus	belongs to Cribrospongiidae	stated with evidence	Finks et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hexactinellida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Hexactinosa)

Vision

blind (based on Hexactinellida)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hexactinosa)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Hexactinellida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Stereochlamis caliculum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stereochlamis incertum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stereochlamis pilosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stereochlamis praecissa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tretorete Ijima, 1927	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Cribrospongiidae : *Tretorete*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Stereochlamis Schrammen
2004	Stereochlamis Finks et al.

References

Schrammen A. (1912) Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)], Palaeontographica, Supplement 5, 176-385

Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872

Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Cribrospongiidae Roemer, 1864 (Recent). pp. 1290-1292. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Schrammen, A. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland. II. Teil. Triaxonia (Hexactinellida). Palaeontographica 5 (supplement): 177-385, pls XXV-XLV. - via World Register of Marine Species

Palaeontogr., Suppl., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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