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Archaeoscyphia annulata

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Archaeoscyphia annulata was named by Cullison (1944). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M. S. M. 72.42. US 63, at crest over Pilot Knob, east side of road, which is in a Jeffersonian carbonate dolomite in the Rich Fountain Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Archaeoscyphia annulata Cullison p. 48 figs. Plate XXIV, figures 9-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusArchaeoscyphiaHinde 1889
speciesannulata

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.

Archaeoscyphia annulata Cullison 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Jeffersonian or 486.85000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Archaeoscyphia annulata (type locality: 56506)