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Dyoros pentagonalis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Sulcataria pentagonalis was named by Waterhouse (1978). Its type specimen is UQF 68727, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is W1363, Karnali Unspecified, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Nangung Formation of Nepal.

It was recombined as Dyoros pentagonalis by Archbold (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Sulcataria pentagonalis Waterhouse p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-16
1983Dyoros pentagonalis Archbold p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusDyoros
speciespentagonalis()

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.

†Dyoros pentagonalis Waterhouse 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Nepal Sulcataria pentagonalis (type locality: 43128 43130)