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Durhamina moormanensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides) moormanensis was named by Stevens (1967). Its type specimen is UCMP 27311 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S-2, Northern Butte Mountains, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Pequop Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Durhamina moormanensis by Fedorowski et al. (2007), Stevens (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Heritschioides (Eoheritschioides) moormanensis Stevens p. 429 figs. Pl 52, fig 3
2007Durhamina moormanensis Fedorowski et al. p. 59
2009Durhamina moormanensis Stevens p. 4 figs. 7.7-7.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDurhaminidaeMinato and Kato 1965
genusDurhamina
speciesmoormanensis()

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.

Durhamina moormanensis Stevens 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Durhamina moormanensis (107979 108008 118830) Heritschioides moormanensis (type locality: 118792)