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Amblysiphonella guadalupensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Taxonomy
Amblysiphonella guadalupensis was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2966 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Cystothalamia guadalupensis by Rigby et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Amblysiphonella guadalupensis Girty p. 91 figs. Pl 7, figs 7-8a
1998Cystothalamia guadalupensis Rigby et al.
2025Amblysiphonella guadalupensis Galeana-Morán et al. p. 140 figs. 2A,B, 3A-D, 5A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySebargasiidaeGirty 1908
genusAmblysiphonellaSteinmann 1882
speciesguadalupensis

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 Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Amblysiphonella guadalupensis (232556 232557 232558 232559 232560 232561 233509 241655 241656 241657 241658)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Cystothalamia guadalupensis (24203 47563 47605 47765)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Amblysiphonella guadalupensis (type locality: 108831)