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Cooperaria getawayensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Astroscleridae

Taxonomy
Cooperaria getawayensis was named by Finks (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 128067 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Cooperaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cooperaria getawayensis Finks p. 3 figs. 6.1, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAstroscleridae
genusCooperaria
speciesgetawayensis

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.

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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 Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Cooperaria getawayensis (81693 81722 type locality: 101767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Cooperaria getawayensis (81695 81707 81709)