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Haplistion frustrum

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae

Taxonomy
Haplistion frustrum was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Baillie-Hamilton Island, 402Y, which is in a Wenlock slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. carbonaria, H. elongatum, H. elongatum, H. lobatum, H. mega

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Haplistion frustrum Rigby and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyHaplistiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusHaplistionYoung and Young 1877
speciesfrustrum

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.

†Haplistion frustrum Rigby and Chatterton 1989
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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: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Haplistion frustrum (121299 121303)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Nunavut) Haplistion frustrum (type locality: 119782)