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Archaeoscyphia boltoni

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Archaeoscyphia boltoni was named by Rigby and Nitecki (1973). It is not extant. Its type locality is Anticosti Island, Salmon River, which is in a Hirnantian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Archaeoscyphia boltoni Rigby and Nitecki

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

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Archaeoscyphia boltoni Rigby and Nitecki 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available