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Minutella dragonensis

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Taxonomy
Thecidellina dragonensis was named by Pajaud (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lapiche, which is in a Ypresian carbonate marl in France.

It was recombined as Minutella dragonensis by Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Thecidellina dragonensis Pajaud p. 320 fig. 5A
1972Thecidellina dragonensis Pajaud p. 455 fig. 7.7
2016Minutella dragonensis Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecidellinidaeElliott 1958
subfamilyMinutellinaeLogan and Baker 2013
genusMinutellaHoffmann and Luter 2010
speciesdragonensis()

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.

Minutella dragonensis Pajaud 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain Thecidellina dragonensis (171727)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Thecidellina dragonensis (type locality: 233486 233488)