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Anthracosycon ficus capitanense

Demospongiae - Anthracosyconidae

Taxonomy
Anthracosycon ficus capitanense was named by Girty (1909) [Anthracosycon ficus var capitanense]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Corynella capitanense by Finks (1971); it was recombined as Permocorynella capitanense by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Anthracosycon ficus capitanense Girty p. 72 figs. Pl 7, fig 10
1971Corynella capitanense Finks p. 297
1996Permocorynella capitanense Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
RankNameAuthor
familyAnthracosyconidae
genusAnthracosycon
speciesficus
subspeciescapitanense

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: 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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Anthracosycon ficus (type locality: 108812)