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Egania typicalis

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Egania typicalis was named by Johns (1994). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sunnyside sponge mounds, Egan Range, which is in an Arenigian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Shingle Limestone Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Egania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Egania typicalis Johns

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

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.

Egania typicalis Johns 1994
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Arenigian or 478.60000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Nevada) Egania typicalis (type locality: 119436)