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Astroporina stellifera

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae

Taxonomy
Astroporina stellifera was named by Hudson (1960). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ahankon Tug, Inda, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia. It is the type species of Astroporina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Astroporina stellifera Hudson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyMilleporellidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1935
genusAstroporina
speciesstellifera

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.

Astroporina stellifera Hudson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-11-23 10:30:57
Modified: 2007-11-23 12:30:57
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Wood 1987

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia Astroporina stellifera (type locality: 94553)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21China (Xizang) Astroporina stellifera (116457)