Microhemidiscia ortmanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hemidiscosa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Amphidiscophora Ordo: †Hemidiscosa

Familia: †Hemidiscellidae
Genus: †Microhemidiscia
Species: †Microhemidiscia ortmanni

Name

• †Microhemidiscia Kling & Reif, 1969: 1433

Holotype: GPIT Po 1340/5.

Type locality and horizon: “Itararé Formation (Upper Carbonifereous) in the bed of the Rio Negro on the border between the departments of Tacuarembó and Durazno, Uruguay”.

References

Primary references

• Kling, S.A. & Reif, W.-E. 1969. The Paleozoic history of amphidisc and hemidisc sponges: new evidence from Carboniferous of Uruguay. Journal of Paleontology 43(6): 1429–1434. JSTOR Reference page.