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Chiastocolumnia cylindrica

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Chiastocolumnia cylindrica was named by Rigby and Bell (2006) [Holotype at Guadalupe Mountains National Park]. Its type specimen is GUMO 15182 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00006, Upper Scaphopod Bed, Patterson Hills, which is in a Capitanian slope rudstone/packstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Chiastocolumnia cylindrica Rigby and Bell p. 33 figs. 8.8, 12.5, 12.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusChiastocolumnia
speciescylindrica

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Chiastocolumnia cylindrica Rigby and Bell 2006
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Diagnosis
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