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Gigantospongiinae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Gigantospongiinae Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan
2004Gigantospongiinae Finks et al. p. 624

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyGigantospongiinae
subfamilyGigantospongiinae

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.

Subfm. †Gigantospongiinae Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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G. †Gigantospongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Gigantospongia discoforma Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Gigantospongia discoforma (24203 47540 47541 47599 47671 95716 107698 111885)