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Girtyocoelia sphaera

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Apocoelia sphaera was named by Rigby (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 340081 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 3, Quebrada de Portachuelo, first high waterfall, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Apocoelia.

It was recombined as Girtyocoelia sphaera by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Apocoelia sphaera Rigby p. 1456 figs. 3O-R
2004Girtyocoelia sphaera Finks et al. p. 658

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyEnoplocoeliinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusGirtyocoeliaCossman 1909
speciessphaera()

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.

Girtyocoelia sphaera Rigby 1984
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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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Apocoelia sphaera (type locality: 41507)