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Blastulospongia monothalamos

Taxonomy
Blastulospongia monothalamos was named by Pickett and Jell (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gnalta, Broken Hill, which is in an Ordian carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Blastulospongia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. mindyallicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Blastulospongia monothalamos Pickett and Jell
2017Blastulospongia monothalamos Kouchinsky et al. p. 427

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
genusBlastulospongiaPickett and Jell 1983
speciesmonothalamos

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.

†Blastulospongia monothalamos Pickett and Jell 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ordian or 511.20000 to 508.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (New South Wales) Blastulospongia monothalamos (type locality: 197348)