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Parastenodiscus elegans

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Stenodiscus elegans was named by Morozova (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 2210/21 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parastenodiscus elegans by Kiseleva (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. manankovi, P. sinaiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Stenodiscus elegans Morozova p. 96 figs. Pl 11, fig 2; text-fig 27
1982Parastenodiscus elegans Kiseleva p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyStenoporidae
genusParastenodiscus
specieselegans()

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.

†Parastenodiscus elegans 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, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Stenodiscus elegans (86042 113583)