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Cavusonella

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Cavusonella was named by Rigby et al. (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 886].

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cavusonella Rigby et al. p. 796
2002Cavusonella Sepkoski
2004Cavusonella Finks et al. p. 618

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyAuriculospongiinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusCavusonella

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. †Cavusonella Rigby et al. 1989
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Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. 1989
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 Wordian to the top of the Sevatian or 266.90000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) C. caverna (47442 47443)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) C. caverna (41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guangxi) C. caverna (36262)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) C. caverna (47599 47600 47612 47650 47661 47662 47682 47707 47743 47757 95715 95716 107698)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangxi) C. caverna (47435)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) C. caverna (42003 42023 42037)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) C. caverna (116605)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7United Arab Emirates C. triassica (85064)