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Aulocopella scelidos

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Aulocopella scelidos was named by Rigby and Bayer (1971). It is not extant. Its type locality is Clermont, which is in an Edenian/Maysvillian marine horizon in the Scales Shale Formation of Iowa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Aulocopella scelidos Rigby and Bayer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusAulocopellaRauff 1895
speciesscelidos

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.

Aulocopella scelidos Rigby and Bayer 1971
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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: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Aulocopella scelidos (type locality: 120502)