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Archaeoscyphia annulata

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Calycocoelia annulata was named by Rigby (1973). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mann Island, Lake Timiskaming, which is in a Llandovery marine horizon in the Thornloe Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Archaeoscyphia annulata by Rigby and Chatterton (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Calycocoelia annulata Rigby
1999Archaeoscyphia annulata Rigby and Chatterton

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

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
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 Arenig to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 478.60000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Archaeoscyphia annulata (56489 80088)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Archaeoscyphia annulata (80100 80101 80102)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Oklahoma) Archaeoscyphia annulata (80090 80092 80094 80096 80097 80099)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Texas) Archaeoscyphia annulata (80082)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Calycocoelia annulata (type locality: 120496)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Archaeoscyphia annulata (121299 121302 121384 121392)