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Defordia densa

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Defordia densa was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is PU 78867 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PU1rc, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Defordia densa Finks p. 67 figs. Pl 14, figs 3-6; text-figs 21-26

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

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 densa 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Defordia densa (43574 108347 108349 108351 type locality: 108352 108353 108354 108357 108359 108365 108367 108368 108370 108372 108375 108376 108385)