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Dyscritella speciosa

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritella speciosa was named by Morozova (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3947/466 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pervaya Savina River, Collection 15049, Novaya Zemlya, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Gerkinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Dyscritella speciosa Morozova p. 53 figs. Pl 15, fig 1
1998Dyscritella speciosa Sakagami p. 78 fig. 5.5,5.6

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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
speciesspeciosa

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 speciosa Morozova 1986
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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: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Nunavut) Dyscritella speciosa (88413)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Dyscritella speciosa (86577 88926 113447 113457 type locality: 113499 113550 113551 113554)