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Uncinulina lunata

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Taxonomy
Uncinulina lunata was named by Kornicker and Imbrie (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype CU 28,622 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10: Railroad cut, Morris County, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Florena Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Uncinulina lunata Kornicker and Imbrie p. 94 figs. Pl. 1 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyStichopitidae
genusUncinulina
specieslunata

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.

Uncinulina lunata Kornicker and Imbrie 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Uncinulina lunata (12429 type locality: 97993)