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Carpospongia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Carpospongia was named by Rauff (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 205,880]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Astylospongiidae by Rigby and Chatterton (1989); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Carpospongia Rauff
1989Carpospongia Rigby and Chatterton
2002Carpospongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusCarpospongiaRauff 1894

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. †Carpospongia Rauff 1894
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Carpospongia castanea Roemer 1861
Carpospongia globosa Eichwald 1830
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 Sheinwoodian to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. castanea (121299 121303 121380 121384 121386)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. castanea (90318)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) C. globosa (119778)