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Bicoelia guadalupensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Bicoelia guadalupensis was named by Rigby et al. (1998). Its type specimen is UNSM 35175-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dark Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Sample 35175, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone in the Capitan Limestone Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Bicoelia guadalupensis Rigby et al. p. 73 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPrecorynellinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusBicoelia
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.

Bicoelia guadalupensis Rigby et al. 1998
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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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Bicoelia guadalupensis (24203 47478 47479 47490 47508 47510 47521 47523 47543 47544 47547 47570 47577 47606 47641 47645 47648 47656 47662 47667 47669 47672 47677 47678 47682 47686 47690 47695 47696 type locality: 47701 47705 47723 47724 47725 47744 47755 47764 95715 95716 107698 121896 121947)