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Colospongia monilis

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongia monilis was named by Rigby (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 340096 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Block C, mule trail between El Portachuelo and Mucuchachi, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Colospongia monilis Rigby p. 1460 fig. 3A,B,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyColospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusColospongia
speciesmonilis

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.

Colospongia monilis Rigby 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Colospongia monilis (41507 type locality: 41512 41516)