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Chinaspongia fani

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Taxonomy
Chinaspongia fani was named by Belyaeva (2000). Its type specimen is Far East Geol Inst 15-MB thin sec 21(1) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tonglu, China, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Lengwu Formation of China. It is the type species of Chinaspongia.

Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2006-07-26; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Chinaspongia fani Belyaeva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySebargasiidaeGirty 1908
genusChinaspongia
speciesfani

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.

†Chinaspongia fani Belyaeva 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available