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Lemonea micra

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy

Lemonea micra was named by Rigby et al. (1998). Its type specimen is UNSM 35022 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chinaberry Draw, Guadalupe Mountains, Sample 35022, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone in the Capitan Limestone Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Lemonea micra Rigby et al. p. 66 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,7; pl 3, fig 3; pl 6, fig 6; pl 7, figs 5,7; pl 8, figs 1-6; pl 9, figs 4,5
2006	Lemonea micra Rigby and Bell p. 15 figs. 5.8-5.10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Demospongiae	(Sollas 1875)
order	Agelasida	Verrill 1907

Rank	Name	Author
family	Guadalupiidae
genus	Lemonea
species	micra

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.

†Lemonea micra Rigby et al. 1998

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Created:

2007-09-07 05:16:14

Modified:

2009-05-09 20:07:15

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (98 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	USA (New Mexico)	Lemonea micra (24203 47475 47476 47478 47479 47483 47484 47488 47492 47493 47494 47497 47499 47504 47505 47506 47516 47518 47519 47522 47524 47526 47531 47534 47536 47537 47544 47548 47551 type locality: 47555 47560 47566 47568 47569 47570 47580 47586 47588 47589 47597 47600 47603 47604 47610 47614 47617 47637 47638 47639 47640 47646 47648 47649 47658 47664 47666 47668 47672 47679 47719 47721 47725 47729 47732 47738 47748 47751 47752 47758 47761 47765 47774 47778 47779 47780 95715 95716 107698 121898 121908 121910 121911 121914 121917 121921 121927 121928 121929 121934 121936 121937 121939 121940 121941 121942 121944 121946 121950)