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Haplistion aeluroglossa

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae

Taxonomy
Haplistion aeluroglossa was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is PU 78864 and is not a trace 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. mega

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Haplistion aeluroglossa Finks p. 89 figs. Pl 19, figs 8-10; pl 26, figs 9-12; pl 27, figs 1,2
1973Haplistion aeluroglossa Rigby p. 1603 fig. 1,4,6,8
1982Haplistion aeluroglossa Hurcewicz p. 102 figs. Pl 37, figs 1-3; text-fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyHaplistiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusHaplistionYoung and Young 1877
speciesaeluroglossa

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: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 279.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Canada (British Columbia) Haplistion aeluroglossa (111884)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Haplistion aeluroglossa (type locality: 43517 108369 108377)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Haplistion aeluroglossa (81640)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Nevada) Haplistion aeluroglossa (62584)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Svalbard and Jan Mayen Haplistion aeluroglossa (117799 130896)