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Annulispongia interrupta

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Titusvillidae

Taxonomy
Annulispongia interrupta was named by Rigby and Moyle (1959). Its type specimen is BYU 11029-1 (colony) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Side of Ophir Pass, which is in a Morrowan marine limestone in the Manning Canyon Shale Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Annulispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Annulispongia interrupta Rigby and Moyle p. 401

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDierespongioideaRigby and Gutschick 1976
familyTitusvillidae(Caster 1943)
genusAnnulispongia
speciesinterrupta

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.

Annulispongia interrupta Rigby and Moyle 1959
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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: Morrowan or 323.20000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Utah) Annulispongia interrupta (type locality: 90979)