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Syntomospina kaiyangensis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Taxonomy
Syntomospina kaiyangensis was named by Feng (1985). Its type specimen is F19-76Ao and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mazhai, Kaiyang, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Syntomospina kaiyangensis Feng p. 339 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyOphiurinidae
genusSyntomospina
specieskaiyangensis

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.

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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: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Syntomospina kaiyangensis (type locality: 32498)