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Carphites diabloensis

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Docodermatidae

Taxonomy
Carphites diabloensis was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is PU 78891 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PU1r, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Carphites diabloensis Finks p. 127 figs. Pl 42, fig 8; pl 43, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDocodermatidae
genusCarphites
speciesdiabloensis

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.

Carphites diabloensis Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available