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Microstaurella parva

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Microstaurella parva was named by Rigby et al. (2007). Its type specimen is GUMO 15305 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GUMO GEO 00155 Hill 4327, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope wackestone/mudstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Microstaurella parva Rigby et al. p. 1247 fig. 8

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

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.

Microstaurella parva Rigby et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available