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Cystauletes typica

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Lichuanospongia typica was named by Zhang (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiantianba Reef, Section J, Lichuan, which is in a Changhsingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Cystauletes typica by Rigby et al. (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bzhebsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Lichuanospongia typica Zhang
1985Lichuanospongia typica Fan and Zhang p. 13 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,7; pl 5, fig 8
1987Lichuanospongia typica Fan et al. p. 55 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1989Lichuanospongia typica Rigby et al. p. 424 figs. 9.7, 9.8, 12.6-12.9
1995Cystauletes typica Rigby et al. p. 238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystauletesInai 1936
speciestypica(Zhang 1983)

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.

†Cystauletes typica Zhang 1983
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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 Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Yunnan) Lichuanospongia typica (97070)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guangxi) Lichuanospongia typica (47444 47449)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Lichuanospongia typica (47448)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hubei) Lichuanospongia typica (74928 type locality: 107771)