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Polysiphonaria flabellata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae

Taxonomy
Polysiphonia flabellata was named by Finks (1995). Its type specimen is AMNH 44309 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH504, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Polysiphonaria, Polysiphonia.

It was recombined as Polysiphonaria flabellata by Finks (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Polysiphonia flabellata Finks p. 4 fig. 10
1997Polysiphonaria flabellata Finks p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySolenolmiidaeEngeser 1986
subfamilySolenolmiinaeEngeser 1986
genusPolysiphonaria
speciesflabellata()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Polysiphonia flabellata (43491 43492 43510 43513 43515 81638 type locality: 81644)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Polysiphonia flabellata (105742 108405)