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Rhodesispongia simplex

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Rhodesispongia simplex was named by de Freitas (1991). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes, which is in a Ludlow slope/ramp reef limestone/marl in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Rhodesispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Rhodesispongia simplex de Freitas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusRhodesispongia
speciessimplex

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.

Rhodesispongia simplex de Freitas 1991
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludlow or 427.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Nunavut) Rhodesispongia simplex (type locality: 79385)