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Hormathospongia dictyota

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae

Taxonomy
Hormathospongia dictyota was named by Rigby et al. (1996). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sand Creek, which is in a Santonian offshore mudstone in the Forbes Formation of California. It is the type species of Hormathospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Hormathospongia dictyota Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyFarreidaeSchulze 1885
genusHormathospongia
speciesdictyota

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.

Hormathospongia dictyota Rigby et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 18:50:16
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:50:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Hormathospongia dictyota (type locality: 112652)