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Cavusonella caverna

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Cavusonella caverna was named by Rigby et al. (1989). Its type specimen is IG 5201 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 35, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. p. 796 figs. 12.1-12.3
1996Cavusonella caverna Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 28 figs. Pl 4.6-4.8, 21.1, 44.7, 55.1-55.4; text-fig 13
1998Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. p. 67 figs. Pl 9, figs 4,5; text-fig 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyAuriculospongiinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusCavusonella
speciescaverna

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.

Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
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