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Choia hindei

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Choiidae

Taxonomy
Stephanella hindei was named by Dawson (1896). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Choia hindei by Rigby (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Stephanella hindei Dawson
1986Choia hindei Rigby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyChoiidaeLaubenfels 1925
genusChoiaWalcott 1920
specieshindei(Dawson 1896)

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.

Choia hindei Dawson 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-02-19 18:12:33
Modified: 2009-03-08 19:52:47
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Menevian or 521.00000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Yunnan) Choia hindei (156226)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Choia hindei (90164 90166)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Greenland (Peary Land) Choia hindei (90574)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) Choia hindei (132327)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Greenland Choia hindei (121183 121184 121185)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Choia hindei (121963)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Choia hindei (56186)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Choia hindei (77207 230679)