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Schondorfia fungosa

Asteroidea - Euaxosida

Taxonomy
Schondorfia fungosa was named by Blake and Guensburg (1989). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Field Museum of Natural History, holotype PE28983. Its type locality is Roadcut on Route 146, which is in a Pendleian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Haney Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Schondorfia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Schondorfia fungosa Blake and Guensburg p. 339 figs. figs. 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
genusSchondorfia
speciesfungosa

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.

Schondorfia fungosa Blake and Guensburg 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-09 03:29:51
Modified: 2009-09-09 05:29:51
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake and Guensburg 1989, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Illinois) Schondorfia fungosa (type locality: 91182)