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Luterospongia texana

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae

Taxonomy
Luterospongia texana was named by Rigby et al. (2008). It is not extant. Its type locality is Lake Bridgeport, loc. 3, which is in a Missourian marine shale/limestone in the Graford Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Luterospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Luterospongia texana Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familySollasellidaevon Lendenfeld 1887
genusLuterospongia
speciestexana

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.

Luterospongia texana Rigby et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Luterospongia texana (type locality: 111699)