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Caryospongia tuberosa

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Caryospongia tuberosa was named by de Freitas (1991). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes, which is in a Ludlow slope/ramp reef limestone/marl in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Caryospongia tuberosa de Freitas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusCaryospongiaRauff 1894
speciestuberosa

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.

†Caryospongia tuberosa de Freitas 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available