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Calycocoelia typicalis

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Calycocoelia typicalis 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. It is the type species of Calycocoelia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Calycocoelia typicalis Bassler p. 392
1963Calycocoelia inyoensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusCalycocoelia
speciestypicalis

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.

Calycocoelia typicalis Bassler 1927
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Invalid names: Calycocoelia inyoensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr. 1963 [synonym]
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: base of the Rangerian to the top of the Rhuddanian or 471.30000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig - Llanvirn477.1 - 458.2USA (Texas) Calycocoelia typicalis (121150)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Calycocoelia typicalis (297 104448 type locality: 119435)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Calycocoelia typicalis (104374 104449 104451)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) Calycocoelia typicalis (119485 119487) Calycocoelia typicalis, Calycocoelia inyoensis (119484)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Kazakhstan (South Central) Calycocoelia typicalis (151931)