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Actinostromaria hararina

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae

Taxonomy
Actinostromaria hararina was named by Zuffardi-Comerci (1959). It is not extant. Its type locality is Dire Dawa, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cantabrica, A. lugeoni, A. orthogonalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Actinostromaria hararina Zuffardi-Comerci

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyActinostromariidaeHudson 1955
genusActinostromariaHaug 1909
specieshararina

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.

†Actinostromaria hararina Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2008-03-06 02:27:21
Modified: 2008-03-06 04:27:21
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Ethiopia Actinostromaria hararina (type locality: 93501)