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Colospongia composita

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongia composita was named by Belyaeva (1991). Its type specimen is DVGI 8-B coll. 157-o slide 5 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nakhodka Quarry, Collection 157, Primorye, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. elongata, C. gemina, C. polytholosiaformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Colospongia composita Belyaeva p. 82 figs. Pl 15, figs 5-7; text-fig 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyColospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusColospongia
speciescomposita

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.

†Colospongia composita Belyaeva 1991
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Diagnosis
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