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Attungaia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Attungaia was named by Pickett (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 207]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Astylospongiidae by Rigby (1986); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Attungaia Pickett
1986Attungaia Rigby
2002Attungaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusAttungaiaPickett 1969

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.

G. †Attungaia Pickett 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Frasnian or 410.80000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) A. wellingtonensis (25698)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) A. wellingtonensis (84826)