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Regispongia

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae

Taxonomy
Regispongia was named by Rigby (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l P Asse-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,222]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wewokellidae by Rigby et al. (2005).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Regispongia Rigby
2002Regispongia Sepkoski
2005Regispongia Rigby et al. p. 533

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyWewokellidaeKing 1943
genusRegispongia

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. †Regispongia Rigby 1978
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Regispongia contorta King 1943
Regispongia fluegeli Rigby et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-11 01:52:20
Modified: 2011-06-30 06:44:23
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arnsbergian to the top of the Capitanian or 326.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Utah) R. contorta (120994 120995 120996)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Utah) Wewokella contorta (90975 90977)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) R. sp. (216619)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Wewokella contorta (217891 217893 217894 217901 217906 217908 217929 217958 217960 217977 217979 217986 218002)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran R. fluegeli (58096)