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Anthaspidella inyoensis

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Anthaspidella inyoensis was named by Pestana (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 37694 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B6091, Lead Canyon Section, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Trentonian marine limestone/quartzite in the Johnson Spring Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Anthaspidella inyoensis Pestana pp. 864-865 figs. Pl. 109, fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusAnthaspidellaUlrich and Everett 1889
speciesinyoensis

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.

Anthaspidella inyoensis Pestana 1960
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Trentonian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (California) Anthaspidella scatula (219306)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (California) Anthaspidella inyoensis (type locality: 219335)