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Microstaura doliolum

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Microstaura doliolum was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127648 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. It is the type species of Microstaura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Microstaura doliolum Finks p. 103 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-14
2007Microstaura doliolum Rigby et al. p. 1245 fig. 5.2,5.3,6.1,6.2,6.5,9.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyDictyospongiinaeHall and Clarke 1899
genusMicrostaura
speciesdoliolum

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.

Microstaura doliolum Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Microstaura doliolum (type locality: 43517 81948)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Microstaura doliolum (75976 75978)