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Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Nevadocoelia mazourkaensis was named by Greife and Langenheim (1963). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B6086, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Nevadocoelia mazourkaensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr.
1994Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis Johns

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

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 mazourkaensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr. 1963
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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: Whiterockian or 471.80000 to 457.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (California) Nevadocoelia mazourkaensis (type locality: 119485)