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Phialaspongia

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Phialaspongia was named by Rigby and Bayer (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 209]. It is not extant. Its type is Phialaspongia fossa.

It was assigned to Astylospongiidae by Rigby and Bayer (1971); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. fossa (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Phialaspongia Rigby and Bayer
2002Phialaspongia Sepkoski

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

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. †Phialaspongia Rigby and Bayer 1971
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Phialaspongia fossa Rigby and Bayer 1971
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: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. fossa (120503 120504)
Richmondian - Maysvillian449.6 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. fossa (120505)