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Spinospongia radiata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Spinospongia radiata was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 463611 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Spinospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Spinospongia radiata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 38 figs. 4.1-4.5, 45.7, 57.1-57.4, 71.5-71.6, text-figs 18,19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilySpinospongiinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusSpinospongia
speciesradiata

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.

Spinospongia radiata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Spinospongia radiata (41836 41864 41975)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Spinospongia radiata (42002 42003 42040)