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Girtyocoelia orientalis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Apocoelia orientalis was named by Belyaeva (1991). Its type specimen is DVGI 8-5 coll. 145, slide 145-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nakhodka Quarry, Collection 145, Primorye, which is in a Changhsingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Girtyocoelia orientalis by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Apocoelia orientalis Belyaeva p. 77 figs. Pl 11, figs 5,6
2004Girtyocoelia orientalis Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyEnoplocoeliinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusGirtyocoeliaCossman 1909
speciesorientalis()

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.

Girtyocoelia orientalis Belyaeva 1991
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Apocoelia orientalis (102497 102509 102522)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Apocoelia orientalis (type locality: 102513 102519)