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Imbricatocoelia elongata

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Imbricatocoelia elongata was named by Rigby et al. (1989) [Institute of Geology (IG) Academia Sinica, Beijing]. Its type specimen is IG 5040 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 34, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Imbricatocoelia elongata Rigby et al. p. 420 fig. 15.7,15.8,16.4,16.5
1991Cystospongia quangxiensis Wu
1991Cystospongia guangxiensis Wu p. 84 figs. Pl 10, figs 4,7,8
1994Imbricatocoelia elongata Rigby et al. p. 76 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,6,7
1996Imbricatocoelia elongata Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 32 fig. 6.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyCorymbospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusImbricatocoelia
specieselongata

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.

Imbricatocoelia elongata Rigby et al. 1989
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Invalid names: Cystospongia guangxiensis Wu 1991 [synonym], Cystospongia quangxiensis Wu 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 274.40000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman Imbricatocoelia elongata (24325 82237 82240)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Cystospongia guangxiensis (51157 51178) Imbricatocoelia elongata (type locality: 47442 47443)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Imbricatocoelia elongata (75474)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Imbricatocoelia elongata (36262)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) Imbricatocoelia elongata (47444)