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Heliospongia vokesi

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

Taxonomy
Heliospongia vokesi was named by King (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 25227 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM705a, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

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by M. Clapham on 2008-07-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Heliospongia vokesi King p. 8 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 1
1960Heliospongia vokesi Finks p. 48 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; pl 2, figs 4,9; pl 4, figs 1-5
1998Heliospongia vokesi Rigby et al. p. 83 figs. Pl 13, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyHeliospongiidaeFinks 1960
genusHeliospongiaGirty 1908
speciesvokesi

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.

Heliospongia vokesi King 1943
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Diagnosis
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