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Stromatomorpha californica

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Stromatomorpha californica was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock ranch, mouth of Brock Creek (coral zone), which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Stromatomorpha californica Smith p. 134 figs. Pl 118, fig 4; pl 119, fig 1; pl 120, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusStromatomorpha
speciescalifornica

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: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) Stromatomorpha californica (100531 112251)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (California) Stromatomorpha californica (type locality: 144391)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Alaska) Stromatomorpha californica (97794)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Stromatomorpha californica (36450)