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Flexuospiculata hexactina

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa

Taxonomy
Flexuospiculata hexactina was named by Rigby and Bell (2006) [Holotype at Guadalupe Mountains National Park]. Its type specimen is GUMO 15165 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills, which is in a Capitanian slope rudstone/packstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Flexuospiculata.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Flexuospiculata hexactina Rigby and Bell p. 38 figs. 12.1, 12.2, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
genusFlexuospiculata
specieshexactina

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.

Flexuospiculata hexactina Rigby and Bell 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Flexuospiculata hexactina (type locality: 75969)