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Heterospongia
Taxonomy
Heterospongia is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dystactospongiidae by Finks (1967) and Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dystactospongiidae by Finks (1967) and Finks et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Heterospongia Finks p. 804 |
| 2002 | Heterospongia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Heterospongia Finks et al. p. 58 |
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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.
G. †Heterospongia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 450.20000 to 445.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maysvillian | USA (Tennessee) | H. subramosa (5390) | |
| Rawtheyan | United Kingdom (Wales) | Heterospongia indet. (8370) |