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Archaeoscyphia nana

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Archaeoscyphia nana was named by Beresi and Rigby (1993). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talacasto Gulch, which is in an Arenigian open shallow subtidal wackestone/lime mudstone in the San Juan Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Archaeoscyphia nana Beresi and Rigby

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

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.

Archaeoscyphia nana Beresi and Rigby 1993
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Arenigian or 486.40000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) Archaeoscyphia nana (61728)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (San Juan) Archaeoscyphia nana (type locality: 119460 119481)