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Eospongilla morrisonensis
Taxonomy
Eospongilla morrisonensis was named by Dunagan (1999). Its type specimen is USNM 496326, 496327 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCM Loc. 86050, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian lacustrine lime mudstone/wackestone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eospongilla.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Eospongilla morrisonensis Dunagan p. 392 fig. 3.1–3.7 |
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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.
†Eospongilla morrisonensis Dunagan 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bush and Bambach 2015, 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 |
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| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Eospongilla morrisonensis (type locality: 227703) |