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Corynospongia tubuliforma

Heteractinida

Taxonomy
Corynospongia tubuliforma was named by Deng (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hongqiao, Xingwen County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China. It is the type species of Corynospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Corynospongia tubuliforma Deng p. 318 figs. Pl 1, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
genusCorynospongia
speciestubuliforma

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: high Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-11 01:52:20
Modified: 2011-06-30 06:44:23
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Corynospongia tubuliforma (type locality: 107306)