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Defordia

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Defordia was named by King (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 203]. Its type is Defordia defuncta.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chiastoclonellidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Defordia King p. 16
2002Defordia Sepkoski
2004Defordia Finks et al. p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusDefordia

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. †Defordia King 1943
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Defordia defuncta King 1943
Defordia densa Finks 1960
Defordia digitata Rigby 1984
Defordia foliata Rigby 1984
Defordia lobata Finks 1960
Defordia verrucula Rigby 1984
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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) D. digitata, D. verrucula (41507) D. foliata (41510 41511)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) D. defuncta (43491 43494 43515 43534) D. densa (108347 108349 108351 108352 108353 108354 108357 108359 108365 108367 108368 108370 108372 108375 108376 108385) D. lobata (43566) D. sp., D. densa (43574)