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Eospongilla

Demospongiae - Spongillida - Spongillidae

Taxonomy
Eospongilla was named by Dunagan (1999). Its type is Eospongilla morrisonensis.

It was assigned to Spongillidae by Dunagan (1999).

Species
E. morrisonensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Eospongilla Dunagan p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassHeteroscleromorphaCardenas et al. 2012
RankNameAuthor
orderSpongillidaManconi and Pronzato 2002
familySpongillidaeGray 1867
genusEospongilla

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.

G. †Eospongilla Dunagan 1999
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Eospongilla morrisonensis Dunagan 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:48:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:48:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Tithonian157.9 - 143.1USA (Colorado) E. morrisonensis (227703)