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Toomeyospongia gigantia
Taxonomy
Toomeyospongia gigantia was named by Rigby and Bell (2005). Its type specimen is GUMO 5249 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00006, below Lower Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills, which is in a Capitanian slope wackestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Toomeyospongia gigantia Rigby and Bell p. 201 figs. 3.1-3.5 |
| 2007 | Toomeyospongia gigantia Rigby et al. p. 1249 |
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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.
†Toomeyospongia gigantia Rigby and Bell 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Toomeyospongia gigantia (75976 type locality: 116598) |