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Garraspongia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Garraspongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Garraspongia Sepkoski
2004Garraspongia Finks et al. p. 138

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

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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) G. vannus (25698)