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Kallodictyon spinatum

Stenolaemata - Fenestrata - Chainodictyonidae

Taxonomy
Kallodictyon spinatum was named by Ernst and Nakrem (2007). Its type specimen is PMO 208.941a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Great Bear Cape (Store Bjornekap), Ellesmere Island, which is in an Artinskian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Great Bear Cape Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Kallodictyon spinatum Ernst and Nakrem p. 25 figs. 6C-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderFenestrata(Elias and Condra 1957)
suborderPhylloporininaLavrentjeva 1979
familyChainodictyonidaeShulga-Nesterenko 1955
genusKallodictyon
speciesspinatum

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.

Kallodictyon spinatum Ernst and Nakrem 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:10:36
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:10:36
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Kallodictyon spinatum (type locality: 107628)