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Pectenura formosa

Stenuroidea - Klasmuridae

Taxonomy
Pectenura formosa was named by Boczarowski (2001). Its type specimen is Holotype: GIUS 4-785 Gza./1109/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chęciny, Set F., which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Kowala Formation of Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Pectenura formosa Boczarowski pp. 15-16 figs. Pl. 2: 5, 15-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
familyKlasmuridae
genusPectenura
speciesformosa

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.

†Pectenura formosa Boczarowski 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001The largest tooth among the hooks is always adjacent to the distal tooth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland Pectenura formosa (type locality: 75494)