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Fenestella cystica

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy
Fenestella cystica was named by Campbell and Engel (1963). Its type specimen is F.7463 A-B U.N.E. (colony "branches") and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Phillipsia-Cladochonus Bed, 110' above L318. Swain's Gully. 3.6 km north and 3.3 km west of Somerton, which is in a Kinderhookian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Tulcumba Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Fenestella cystica Campbell and Engel p. 65–66 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyFenestellidae
genusFenestellaLonsdale 1839
speciescystica

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.

Fenestella cystica Campbell and Engel 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-27 02:34:38
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:34:38
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Fenestella cystica (type locality: 75617)