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Catenispongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Catenispongiidae

Taxonomy
Catenispongia was named by Finks (1995) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm-u P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 204]. Its type is Catenispongia agaricus.

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catenispongiidae by Finks (1995), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2011).

Species
C. agaricus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Catenispongia Finks p. 1
2002Catenispongia Sepkoski
2011Catenispongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyCatenispongiidae
genusCatenispongia

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. †Catenispongia Finks 1995
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Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 283.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) C. agaricus (81696)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) C. agaricus (43491 43495 43496 43513 43515 43517 43560 81637 81644)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) C. agaricus (43551 81640 81693 81722 101767 108405)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. agaricus (81709)