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Epiplastospongia
Taxonomy
Epiplastospongia was named by Rigby (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 215]. It is not extant. Its type is Epiplastospongia coactilis.
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saccospongiidae by Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saccospongiidae by Finks et al. (2004).
Species
E. coactilis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Epiplastospongia Rigby |
| 2002 | Epiplastospongia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Epiplastospongia Finks et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||