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Elasmostoma bajaensis

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Elasmostoma bajaensis was named by Squires and Demetrion (1989). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1220 [Bateque Fm], which is in a Ypresian offshore sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. normanianum, E. sequana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Elasmostoma bajaensis Squires and Demetrion
1992Elasmostoma bajaensis Squires and Demetrion p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
orderStellispongiida
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyStellispongiinaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusElasmostomaFromentel 1860
speciesbajaensisSquires and Demetrion 1989

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.

†Elasmostoma bajaensis Squires and Demetrion 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available