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Protoprisma annulata

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Protoprisma annulata Rigby and Collins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyHydnoceratinae
genusProtoprisma
speciesannulata

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.

Protoprisma annulata Rigby and Collins 2004
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Protoprisma annulata (type locality: 121959 121963)