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Dyscritella tenuimuralis

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy

Dyscritella tenuimuralis was named by Morozova (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 2343/31 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borehole Kalvarija 16, Naujoji Akmené Suite, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate marl/limestone in the Naujoji Akmené Formation of Lithuania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. agischevi, D. anisica, D. bohemica, D. columnaris, D. dagysi, D. extrema, D. felixi, D. hidakaensis, D. labrosa, D. liveringia, D. miliaria, D. pauca, D. rhomboporata, D. tumulensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1970	Dyscritella tenuimuralis Morozova pp. 121-122 figs. Pl 19, fig 2
2001	Dyscritella tenuimuralis Ernst p. 140 figs. Pl 2, figs 5,6; pl 3, figs 1,2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831

Rank	Name	Author
class	Stenolaemata	Borg 1926
superorder	Palaeostomata	Ma et al. 2014
order	Trepostomida	(Ulrich 1882)
suborder	Amplexoporina	Astrova 1965
family	Dyscritellidae	Dunaeva and Morozova 1967
genus	Dyscritella
species	tenuimuralis

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.

†Dyscritella tenuimuralis Morozova 1970

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryc

Attached:

yesc

Life habit:

epifaunalp

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-18 02:11:14

Modified:

2010-02-15 07:19:29

Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Germany	Dyscritella tenuimuralis (82804)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Lithuania	Dyscritella tenuimuralis (type locality: 46189 113624)