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Anthaspidella clintoni

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Anthaspidella clintoni was named by Bassler (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IK-3. Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Anthaspidella clintoni Bassler p. 394

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusAnthaspidellaUlrich and Everett 1889
speciesclintoni

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.

Anthaspidella clintoni Bassler 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rangerian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Anthaspidella clintoni (type locality: 119435)