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Megastylia

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae

Taxonomy
Megastylia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Megastylia Sepkoski
2004Megastylia Finks and Rigby p. 351

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
RankNameAuthor
orderReticulosaReid 1958
superfamilyProtospongioideaHinde 1887
familyProtospongiidaeHinde 1887
genusMegastylia

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: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (New York) M. sp. (272)