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Sollasia absita

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Sollasia absita was named by Rigby et al. (1989) [Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica (Beijing)]. Its type specimen is IG 5015 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 31, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone/grainstone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. balughi, S. ramosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Sollasia absita Rigby et al. p. 437 figs. 19.3,19.4,20.4-20.6
1996Sollasia absita Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 42 fig. 12.8,12.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyThaumastocoeliinaeOtt 1967
genusSollasiaSteinmann 1882
speciesabsita

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.

†Sollasia absita Rigby et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available