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Cystothalamia guadalupensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Amblysiphonella guadalupensis was named by Girty (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2966 green, El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Cystothalamia guadalupensis by Rigby et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Amblysiphonella guadalupensis Girty p. 91 figs. Pl 7, figs 7-8a
1998Cystothalamia guadalupensis Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystothalamia
speciesguadalupensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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