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Stellispongiella insculpta

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae

Taxonomy
Stellispongiella insculpta was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 480271 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Stellispongiella insculpta Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 43 figs. 16.1-16.6, 16.10-16.11, 21.14, 46.6, 80.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiellidae
subfamilyStellispongiellinaeWu 1991
genusStellispongiella
speciesinsculpta

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.

†Stellispongiella insculpta 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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Stellispongiella insculpta (41658 41836 41859 41863 41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Stellispongiella insculpta (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Stellispongiella insculpta (41854 41855 41870 41879 41883 41955 41958 41962 41963 41973 41977 41978 42003 42004 42006 42016 42025 42026 42038 42043 42044 42047 42048 42076 42077 42079 42082)