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Ellesmerespongia feildeni

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Ellesmerespongia feildeni was named by Rigby (1970). It is not extant. Its type locality is GSC 81005 Feilden Peninsula, Ellesmere, which is in an Asselian/Artinskian carbonate limestone in Canada. It is the type species of Ellesmerespongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Ellesmerespongia feildeni Rigby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusEllesmerespongia
speciesfeildeni

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
No diagnoses are available