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Toomeyospongiella minuta

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Toomeyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Toomeyospongiella minuta was named by Rigby et al. (2007). Its type specimen is GUMO 8162 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00017 Hill 4415, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope wackestone/mudstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Toomeyospongiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Toomeyospongiella minuta Rigby et al. p. 1250 figs. 9.5-9.7,10.6,10.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyToomeyospongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004
genusToomeyospongiella
speciesminuta

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.

Toomeyospongiella minuta Rigby et al. 2007
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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: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Toomeyospongiella minuta (75976 type locality: 75977 75978)