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Eospongia

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Eospongia was named by Billings (1861). Its type is Eospongia roemeri.

It was assigned to Streptosolenidae by Rigby and Desrochers (1995); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. roemeri (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. varians

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Eospongia Billings
1995Eospongia Rigby and Desrochers
2002Eospongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusEospongiaBillings 1861

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. †Eospongia Billings 1861
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†Eospongia roemeri Billings 1861
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 Whiterockian to the top of the Ashbyan or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina E. sp. (8721)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) E. varians (56184 171711 171798 172319 172322 172336)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) E. roemeri (66132)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) E. sp. (45283)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) E. roemeri (33934 33935 33936 33937) E. sp. (33454 33455 33525 33526 33549 33550 33927 33929 33930 33932 33933) E. varians (33528 34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) E. roemeri (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984) E. varians (33995 33996 33997)