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Calceolispongia gerthi

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Calceolispongia gerthi was named by Willink (1979). Its type specimen is UT 96777 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maria Island, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Counsel Creek Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Calceolispongia gerthi Willink p. 180 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-25
1999Calceolispongia gerthi Webster and Jell p. 326 figs. 26E-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusCalceolispongia
speciesgerthi

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.

Calceolispongia gerthi Willink 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Tasmania) Calceolispongia gerthi (type locality: 37635)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Tasmania) Calceolispongia gerthi (120600)