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Colinispongia regularis

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Colinispongia regularis was named by Johns (1994). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sunnyside sponge mounds, Egan Range, which is in an Arenigian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Shingle Limestone Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Colinispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Colinispongia regularis Johns

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

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.

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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: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Ibexian or 478.60000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Utah) Colinispongia regularis (119446)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Nevada) Colinispongia regularis (type locality: 119436)