{"id":4773,"date":"2014-01-12T18:48:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T23:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4773"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:52:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:52:48","slug":"heterospongia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/porifera\/demospongia\/lithistida\/eospongiidae\/heterospongia\/","title":{"rendered":"Heterospongia<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Porifera<\/a>
\nClass: Demospongia<\/a>
\nOrder: Lithistida<\/a>
\nFamily: Eospongiidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Heterospongia<\/em> Ulrich, 1889
\nCincinnatian Species: Heterospongia subramosa<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  • 1889 Heterospongia<\/em> Ulrich, Amer. Geol., 3, p. 234-239.<\/li>\n
  • 1889 Heterospongia<\/em> Miller, N.A. Geol. Pal., p. 160.<\/li>\n
  • 1891 Heterospongia<\/em> James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 14, p. 71.<\/li>\n
  • 1895 Heterospongia<\/em> Winchell and Schuchert, Geol. Minnesota, 3, pt. 1, p. 78.<\/li>\n

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    Geologic Range<\/strong>
    \nOrdovician – Early Silurian<\/p>\n

    Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
    \nHeterospongia<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

    Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    • Suboblate<\/li>\n
    • Branching, twiglike to lobate sponges without a central spongocel<\/li>\n
    • Exteriors may be smooth or somewhat nodose<\/li>\n
    • Pores may be circular, polygonal or elongate of irregular size<\/li>\n
    • Few oscula, distinguished by their larger size and surrounded by radiating channels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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