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Phyllozoon hanseni

Taxonomy
Phyllozoon hanseni was named by Jenkins and Gehling (1978). Its type specimen is P19508A and is an impression. Its type locality is Devil's Peak, N. Territory, - Jenkins and Gehling 1977, which is in an Ediacaran marine sandstone in Australia. It is the type species of Phyllozoon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Phyllozoon hanseni Jenkins and Gehling pp. 357-358 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusPhyllozoon
specieshanseni

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.

†Phyllozoon hanseni Jenkins and Gehling 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 100 to < 1000g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet 2: "photoautotroph"g
Vision: blindo
Created: 2009-10-08 09:16:50
Modified: 2022-12-06 16:24:35
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Laflamme et al. 2007, Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) Phyllozoon hanseni (type locality: 10514 10515 10516 10517)