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Rhombotrypella alfredensis

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhombotrypella alfredensis was named by Morozova (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 2437/183 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alfreda Mountain, T. 257/F-1, Bjornoya, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Norway.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Rhombotrypella alfredensis Morozova p. 49 figs. Pl 13, figs 1a-c
1994Rhombotrypella alfredensis Nakrem p. 19 figs. Pl 5, figs A,C,E,G

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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
genusRhombotrypellaNikiforova 1933
speciesalfredensis

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.

†Rhombotrypella alfredensis 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 Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Rhombotrypella alfredensis (90174 90178 90180 90181 115591 115599 115600 115607) Rhombotrypella composita (112879)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Rhombotrypella alfredensis (113531)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Norway Rhombotrypella alfredensis (type locality: 94870)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Rhombotrypella alfredensis (113440)