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Zittelella grossa

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Zittelella grossa was named by Rigby and Desrochers (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingan Fm., basal Grand Pointe Mbr. Loc. 3,7, which is in a Chazyan open shallow subtidal wackestone/grainstone in the Mingan Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. clarae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Zittelella grossa Rigby and Desrochers

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusZittelellaUlrich and Everett 1889
speciesgrossa

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.

†Zittelella grossa Rigby and Desrochers 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available