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Astrospongia epiconcha

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Praeoculospongia epiconcha was named by Gerasimov (1960). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kamushki quarry, Moscow, which is in a Callovian marine marl in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Astrospongia epiconcha by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Praeoculospongia epiconcha Gerasimov
2004Astrospongia epiconcha Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
orderStellispongiida
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusAstrospongiaEtallon 1859
speciesepiconcha()

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.

Astrospongia epiconcha Gerasimov 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Praeoculospongia epiconcha (type locality: 114678)