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Camellaspongia tumula

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Camellaspongia tumula was named by Rigby and Bayer (1971). It is not extant. Its type locality is Granger, which is in an Edenian/Maysvillian marine horizon in the Maquoketa Formation of Minnesota. It is the type species of Camellaspongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Camellaspongia tumula Rigby and Bayer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusCamellaspongia
speciestumula

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.

†Camellaspongia tumula 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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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 (Minnesota) Camellaspongia tumula (type locality: 120504)