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Dyscritella praespinigera

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritella praespinigera was named by Romantchuk (1966). Its type specimen is DVGU No 2M 1/7 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolshie Churki Range, Quarry at 94 km along Birobidzhan-Leninskoy Route, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Osakhta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Dyscritella praespinigera Romantchuk
1970Dyscritella praespinigera Morozova p. 112 figs. Pl 17, fig 2
1991Dyscritella praespinigera Morozova p. 79 figs. Pl 13, fig 2

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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
familyDyscritellidaeDunaeva and Morozova 1967
genusDyscritella
speciespraespinigeraRomantchuk 1966

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 praespinigera Romantchuk 1966
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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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mongolia Dyscritella praespinigera (116274)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Dyscritella praespinigera (type locality: 86042)