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Porefieldia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Porefieldia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Porefieldia robusta.

It was assigned to Celyphiidae by Rigby and Potter (1986); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thaumastocoeliinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Species
P. robusta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Porefieldia Rigby and Potter
2002Porefieldia Sepkoski
2015Porefieldia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyThaumastocoeliinaeOtt 1967
genusPorefieldia

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.

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Porefieldia robusta Rigby and Potter 1986
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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (California) P. robusta (99805 99806)