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Gefonia cubanica

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Taxonomy
Gefonia cubanica was named by Licharew (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nikitina Balka, 2.5 km from mouth, P2a horizon, north Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Gefonia cubanica Licharew p. 264 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1956Gefonia cubanica Likharev
1962Gefonia cubanica Stehli p. 109 figs. Pl 20, Group F
1969Gefonia cubanica Dagis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyNotothyrididaeLicharew 1960
genusGefonia
speciescubanica

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.

†Gefonia cubanica Licharew 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Gefonia cubanica (60621 type locality: 112567)