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Clavitella curvata

Taxonomy
Clavitella curvata was named by Skovsted and Peel (2007). Its type specimen is NFM−715 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is JSP1982−01. Highway 73 road cut 12 km E of Rocky Harbour near head of Dear Arm, gros Morne, which is in a Dyeran carbonate limestone in the Forteau Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Clavitella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Clavitella curvata Skovsted and Peel pp. 744 – 746 fig. 7A–C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
genusClavitella
speciescurvata

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Clavitella curvata Skovsted and Peel 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. B. Skovsted and J. S. Peel 2007Small, gently curved and tapering cone–shaped fossils with circular cross–section. Adapical termination with a circular aperture in a single plane normal to the long axis of the fossil. Apical end partly filled by secondary de posits, but an asymmetrically placed, narrow tubular cavity runs trough the secondary deposits along the supra–apical margin.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Clavitella curvata (type locality: 50783)