Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Alternative combination: Nevadocoelia pulchra
Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394
Belongs to Archaeoscyphia according to R. A. Johns 1994
See also Bassler 1927
Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia attenuata, Archaeoscyphia bassleri, Archaeoscyphia boltoni, Archaeoscyphia eganensis, Archaeoscyphia gislei, Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis, Archaeoscyphia minganensis, Archaeoscyphia nana, Archaeoscyphia pannosa, Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis, Archaeoscyphia rossi, Archaeoscyphia scalaria, Archaeoscyphia tenuis, Archaeoscyphia undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is IK-3 Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), United States (1: Nevada)
• Tremadoc of China (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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