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Guangxispongia spinalis

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Guangxispongia spinalis was named by Wu (1991). Its type specimen is xb33-1-R1-3 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Guangxispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Guangxispongia spinalis Wu p. 83 figs. Pl 12, figs 3,5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusGuangxispongia
speciesspinalis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Guangxispongia spinalis (51158 51172)