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Colospongia globosa

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongia globosa was named by Belyaeva (1991). Its type specimen is DVGI 8B, coll. 173 slide 24 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bezymyannaya Mountain, Collection 173, Partizanskaya River, which is in a Changhsingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Colospongia globosa Belyaeva p. 81 figs. Pl 14, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyColospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusColospongia
speciesglobosa

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 globosa Belyaeva 1991
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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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Colospongia globosa (102509)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Colospongia globosa (type locality: 82897)