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Rotasaccus dentifer

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

Taxonomy
Rotasaccus dentifer was named by Haude and Langenstrassen (1976). It is not extant. Its type locality is Germinghausen, Drolshagen, which is in an Eifelian marine siltstone in Germany. It is the type species of Rotasaccus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Rotasaccus dentifer Haude and Langenstrassen p. 148 figs. text-figs 2-7, 10a
2001Rotasaccus dentifer Boczarowski p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classOphiocistioidea()
familyRotasacciidae
genusRotasaccus
speciesdentifer

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.

Rotasaccus dentifer Haude and Langenstrassen 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2010-01-15 07:38:35
Modified: 2010-01-15 09:38:35
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Haude 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Rotasaccus dentifer (type locality: 127762)