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Sollasia absita

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Sollasia absita was named by Rigby et al. (1989) [Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica (Beijing)]. Its type specimen is IG 5015 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 31, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone/grainstone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Sollasia absita Rigby et al. p. 437 figs. 19.3,19.4,20.4-20.6
1996Sollasia absita Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 42 fig. 12.8,12.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyThaumastocoeliinaeOtt 1967
genusSollasiaSteinmann 1882
speciesabsita

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.

Sollasia absita Rigby et al. 1989
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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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman Sollasia absita (82240)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Sollasia absita (47441 type locality: 47454)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Sollasia absita (47439)