Patrickella Kozur & Mostler, 1989

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Patrickella Kozur & Mostler, 1989

Patrickella Kozur & Mostler, 1989: 214 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Ruzhencevispongus cataphractus Nazarov & Ormiston, 1985 ( Nazarov & Ormiston 1985: 29, pl. 3, fig. 1-2; holotype never figured, paratype pl. 3, fig. 1).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Lower Permian, Artinskian Stage, Aktastinian Substage, Southern Urals, Ural River, Don Village, Russia.

TAXON CODE. — 212.

STATUS. —Junior synonym of Ruzhencevispongus Kozur, 1980 (herein).

DIAGNOSIS. —“Mit den Familienmerkmalen.Äussere Schale rundlich grob gegittert, zentral feinporig gegittert oder dicht. Die 3 Strahlen des Innenskeletts sind nadelförmig und nur basal hohl. Die Markschale ist in eine zarte, triangulare spongiöse Schale eingebettet.” ( Kozur & Mostler 1989: 214).

DIAGNOSIS (English translation by J. P. Caulet – RadWorld database – modified by Jörg Maletz). — “With the morphological characteristics of the family. Globular and coarsely lattice external shell, with a central part finely latticed or dense. Three rays of the internal framework needle-shaped and with a hollow basis. Medullary shell included inside a triangular delicately spongy shell.”

REMARKS

De Wever et al. (2001: 103) misspell the name Patrickaella [sic] but do not synonymize. Nestell & Nestell (2010: 52) discuss but retain the genus Patrickella , but herein we synonymize due to similarity in their diagnoses.