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Dictyospongia apache

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Dictyospongia apache was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cornwallis Island, Cape Phillips, which is in a Wenlock slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Dictyospongia apache Rigby and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyDictyospongiinaeHall and Clarke 1899
genusDictyospongiaHall and Clarke 1899
speciesapache

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.

†Dictyospongia apache Rigby and Chatterton 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Wenlock or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Nunavut) Dictyospongia apache (type locality: 119786)