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Microstaurella minima

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Microstaurella minima was named by Rigby et al. (2007). Its type specimen is GUMO 8142 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00020 Hill 4415, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope wackestone/mudstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Microstaurella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Microstaurella minima Rigby et al. p. 1247 fig. 6.3,6.4,6.6,6.8.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
genusMicrostaurella
speciesminima

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Microstaurella minima Rigby et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
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