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Collatipora pyriformis

Demospongiae - Anthracosyconidae

Taxonomy
Collatipora pyriformis was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127629 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Collatipora pyriformis Finks p. 83 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-13; text-figs 51-55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthracosyconidae
genusCollatipora
speciespyriformis

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.

Collatipora pyriformis Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
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