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Defordia digitata

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Defordia digitata was named by Rigby (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 340060 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 3, Quebrada de Portachuelo, first high waterfall, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Defordia digitata Rigby p. 1440 figs. 2E, 4A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusDefordia
speciesdigitata

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.

Defordia digitata Rigby 1984
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Diagnosis
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