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Minispongia carinata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Minispongia carinata was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 463704 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Minispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Minispongia carinata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 78 figs. 29.12-29.18, 51.8, text-fig 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPrecorynellinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusMinispongia
speciescarinata

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.

†Minispongia carinata 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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Minispongia carinata (41870 42009 42042 42047 42048 42080 42082)