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Cystothalamia conica

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Racemina conica was named by Termier and Termier (1977) [Collection H & G Termier (Paris)]. Its type specimen is HGT 0483 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cystothalamia conica by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (1988) and Rigby et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Racemina conica Termier and Termier p. 42 figs. Pl 10, fig 6
1988Cystothalamia conica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 190 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-5
1994Cystothalamia conica Rigby et al. p. 60 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystothalamia
speciesconica()

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.

Cystothalamia conica Termier and Termier 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-10-08 02:26:05
Modified: 2007-10-08 04:26:05
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Cystothalamia conica (47441)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Cystothalamia conica (41654 41833 41858 41864 41971 41976)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Racemina conica (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Cystothalamia conica (41855 41878 41882 41957 42039)