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Pseudoexlinella bifurcata

Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Exlinellidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoexlinella bifurcata was named by Kozur and Sadeddin (1990). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype S 1/20/343/88. and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudoexlinella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Pseudoexlinella bifurcata Kozur and Sadeddin p. 355 figs. pl. 4 figs 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderMolpadiida
familyExlinellidae
genusPseudoexlinella
speciesbifurcata

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.

Pseudoexlinella bifurcata Kozur and Sadeddin 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Kozur and W. Sadeddin 1990Outline irregular lobate, often heart-shaped. Margin clearly elevated to a smooth brim. Upper side of the sclerite convex with its highest point in the center, from where 4 beams originate which become lower toward the margin. The beams bifurcate into 2 branches of about the same length which join with the inner margin of the brim. Fourteen to eighteen roundish pores are present on the upper side of the sclerites.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:50:31
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:50:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Massin 1982, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Pseudoexlinella bifurcata (94010)