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Catenispongia agaricus

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Catenispongiidae

Taxonomy
Catenispongia agaricus was named by Finks (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 128060 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Catenispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Catenispongia agaricus Finks p. 1 figs. 1, 2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyCatenispongiidae
genusCatenispongia
speciesagaricus

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.

Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Catenispongia agaricus (81696)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Catenispongia agaricus (43491 43495 43496 43513 43515 43517 43560 81637 81644)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Catenispongia agaricus (43551 81640 81693 81722 type locality: 101767 108405)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Catenispongia agaricus (81709)