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Thoracospongia

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Thoracospongia was named by Mehl (1996). It is not extant. Its type is Thoracospongia follispiculata.

It was assigned to Stiodermatidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Hexactinellida by Kouchinsky et al. (2011).

Species
T. follispiculata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Thoracospongia Mehl
2004Thoracospongia Finks et al.
2011Thoracospongia Kouchinsky et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyStiodermatidae
genusThoracospongiaMehl 1996

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.

G. †Thoracospongia Mehl 1996
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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: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Solvan or 508.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian - Undillan511.2 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) T. follispiculata (122074)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) T. follispiculata (49431)