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Multistella porosa

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Multistella porosa was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127600 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Multistella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Multistella porosa Finks p. 62 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3; pl 10, figs 3-8

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

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.

Multistella porosa Finks 1960
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Multistella porosa (81516 type locality: 81693)