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Insulipora elegans

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Insulipora elegans was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127601 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM707q, Clay Slide, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Insulipora.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Insulipora elegans Finks p. 64 figs. Pl 11, figs 2-10; pl 12, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusInsulipora
specieselegans

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.

Insulipora elegans Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Insulipora elegans (43534 type locality: 43574)