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Stylocoelia circopora

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Taxonomy
Stylocoelia circopora was named by Wu (1991). Its type specimen is xb30-5-8 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Stylocoelia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Stylocoelia circopora Wu p. 86 figs. Pl 10, fig 14; pl 11, fig 9; pl 13, fig 6; pl 14, fig 6
2007Stylocoelia circopora Senowbari-Daryan et al. p. 593 figs. 15e, 17a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySebargasiidaeGirty 1908
genusStylocoelia
speciescircopora

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.

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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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran Stylocoelia circopora (75767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Stylocoelia circopora (51174 51175 51178)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Yunnan) Verticillites sp. (97070)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia Sphinctozoa gen. indet. (88708)