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Heminectere rushtoni

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae

Taxonomy
Heminectere rushtoni was named by Botting and Muir (2011). It is not extant. Its type locality is Randel Crag, Skiddaw, which is in a Dapingian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Kirk Stile Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Heminectere rushtoni Botting and Muir

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyProtospongioideaHinde 1887
familyProtospongiidaeHinde 1887
genusHeminectere
speciesrushtoni

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.

Heminectere rushtoni Botting and Muir 2011
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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: Dapingian or 471.30000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4United Kingdom (England) Heminectere rushtoni (type locality: 120548)