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Defordia defuncta

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Defordia defuncta was named by King (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 25229 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM705a, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Defordia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Defordia defuncta King p. 17 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; pl 2, fig 9; pl 3, fig 9
1960Defordia defuncta Finks p. 66 figs. Pl 12, figs 3-6; pl 13, figs 1-9; text-figs 8-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusDefordia
speciesdefuncta

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.

†Defordia defuncta King 1943
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Defordia defuncta (43491 43494 43515 type locality: 43534)