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Polysiphon mirabilis

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae

Taxonomy
Polysiphon mirabilis was named by Girty (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2930 green, Pine Spring, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Polysiphon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Polysiphon mirabilis Girty p. 87 figs. Pl 16, figs 11,11a,11b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
RankNameAuthor
familyPolysiphonidae
genusPolysiphon
speciesmirabilis

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.

Polysiphon mirabilis Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available