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Endoplegma calathus

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Docodermatidae

Taxonomy
Endoplegma calathus was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127651 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Endoplegma.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2008-11-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Endoplegma calathus Finks p. 106 figs. Pl 35, figs 1,6-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDocodermatidae
genusEndoplegma
speciescalathus

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.

Endoplegma calathus Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Kungurian or 306.00000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Endoplegma calathus (111697)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Endoplegma calathus (type locality: 43517)