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Colospongia maxima
Taxonomy
Colospongia maxima was named by Rigby et al. (1989) [Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica, Beijing]. Its type specimen is IG 5086 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 50, Longlin County, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone/packstone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Colospongia maxima Rigby et al. p. 413 figs. 11.8,12.1-12.3,13.8,13.9 |
| 1996 | Colospongia maxima Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 32 fig. 6.9 |
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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.
†Colospongia maxima Rigby et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 274.40000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Roadian | Oman | Colospongia maxima (24325) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangxi) | Colospongia maxima (type locality: 47437) |