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Dierespongia

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dierespongiidae

Taxonomy
Dierespongia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dierespongiidae.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dierespongiidae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dierespongia Sepkoski
2004Dierespongia Finks and Rigby p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
RankNameAuthor
orderReticulosaReid 1958
superfamilyDierespongioideaRigby and Gutschick 1976
familyDierespongiidaeRigby and Gutschick 1976
genusDierespongia

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Blackriveran to the top of the Trentonian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran - Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) D. palla (8592)