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Hudsonospongia talacastensis

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Hudsonospongia talacastensis was named by Beresi and Rigby (1993). It is not extant. Its type locality is Talacasto Gulch, which is in an Arenigian open shallow subtidal wackestone/lime mudstone in the San Juan Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Hudsonospongia talacastensis Beresi and Rigby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusHudsonospongiaRaymond and Okulitch 1940
speciestalacastensis

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.

Hudsonospongia talacastensis 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Arenigian or 478.60000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (San Juan) Hudsonospongia talacastensis (type locality: 119460)