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Patellispongia robusta

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Patellispongia robusta 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
1993Patellispongia robusta Beresi and Rigby

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

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.

†Patellispongia robusta 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 Darriwilian to the top of the Llanvirn or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (San Juan) Patellispongia robusta (type locality: 119460)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Argentina Patellispongia robusta (90431)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) Patellispongia robusta (90430)