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Patellispongia alternata

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Patellispongia alternata was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Baillie-Hamilton Island, BH1, 172m, which is in a Wenlock slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Patellispongia alternata Rigby and Chatterton

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

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 alternata 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Patellispongia alternata (121299 121301 121381 121384)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Nunavut) Patellispongia alternata (type locality: 119781)