Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Collatipora discreta

Demospongiae - Anthracosyconidae

Taxonomy
Collatipora discreta was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is AMNH 28094 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH389, Bell Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Collatipora.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Collatipora discreta Finks p. 81 figs. Pl 21, fig 6; pl 22, figs 1-5; pl 24, fig 9

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthracosyconidae
genusCollatipora
speciesdiscreta

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.

Collatipora discreta Finks 1960
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Finks 1960Spheroidal or ellipsoidal; more than one ostial field; ostia large for genus, spicules grouped in bundles.
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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Collatipora discreta (43491 113216)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Collatipora discreta (43548)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Collatipora discreta (type locality: 81614)