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Asteriospongia anatrope
Taxonomy
Asteriospongia anatrope was named by Rigby (1977). It is not extant. Its type locality is GSC 89831 sec 3. Between Hall Beach runway & shore, Melville Peninsula, which is in an Edenian/Maysvillian carbonate shale/limestone in the Amadjuak Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Asteriospongia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Asteriospongia anatrope Rigby |
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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.
†Asteriospongia anatrope Rigby 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Maysvillian or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whiterockian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Asteriospongia anatrope (27084) | |
| Blackriveran - Trentonian | Canada (Nunavut) | Asteriospongia anatrope (120922) | |
| Edenian - Maysvillian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Asteriospongia anatrope (type locality: 27086) |