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Archaeoscyphia pulchra

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Nevadocoelia pulchra was named by Bassler (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IK-3. Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Archaeoscyphia pulchra by Johns (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Nevadocoelia pulchra Bassler p. 392
1994Archaeoscyphia pulchra Johns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusArchaeoscyphiaHinde 1889
speciespulchra()

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.

Archaeoscyphia pulchra Bassler 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Darriwilian or 486.50000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) Archaeoscyphia pulchra (61727)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Nevadocoelia pulchra (119435)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Archaeoscyphia pulchra (66135)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) Nevadocoelia pulchra (119487)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina Archaeoscyphia pulchra (90432)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina (San Juan) Archaeoscyphia pulchra (90430)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina Archaeoscyphia pulchra (90431)