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Cystauletes orientalis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Lichuanospongia orientalis was named by Zhang (1985). Its type specimen is Thin section 0089 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiantianba Reef, Section J, Lichuan, which is in a Changhsingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Cystauletes orientalis by Rigby et al. (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Lichuanospongia orientalis Zhang p. 14 figs. Pl 5, fig 1,5
1995Cystauletes orientalis Rigby et al. p. 238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystauletesInai 1936
speciesorientalis()

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Cystauletes orientalis Zhang 1985
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Diagnosis
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