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Exotubispongia virgulata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Exotubispongiidae

Taxonomy
Exotubispongia virgulata was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 480359 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Exotubispongia virgulata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 99 figs. 30.7, 51.4, 53.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyExotubispongiidae
genusExotubispongia
speciesvirgulata

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.

†Exotubispongia virgulata 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 (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Exotubispongia virgulata (41864 41975)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Exotubispongia virgulata (41854 41871 41878 41881 41889 41957 41962 42001 42006 42015 42016 42017 42027 42038 42042 42074 42075 42076 42077 42078 42079 42081)