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Wapkia elongata

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Wapkiidae

Taxonomy
Wapkia elongata was named by Rigby and Collins (2004). It is not extant. Its type locality is S7 community, Fossil Gully, Mount Stephen, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Wapkia elongata Rigby and Collins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyWapkiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusWapkiaWalcott 1920
specieselongata

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.

Wapkia elongata Rigby and Collins 2004
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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: 2009-03-07 18:16:43
Modified: 2009-03-08 19:54:59
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Wapkia elongata (type locality: 121959 121962)