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Dendropupa primaeva

Gastropoda - Dendropupidae

Taxonomy
Pupa primaeva was named by Matthew (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fern Ledges, Plant bed 2, Carleton, Saint John, which is in a Westphalian A estuary/bay shale in the Lancaster Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Maturipupa primaeva by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Dendropupa primaeva by Solem and Yochelson (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pupa primaeva Matthew p. 98 figs. Pl 1, figs 10a,b
1967Maturipupa primaeva Yochelson and Saunders p. 125
1979Dendropupa primaeva Solem and Yochelson p. 14 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyDendropupoideaWenz 1938
familyDendropupidae
genusDendropupa
speciesprimaeva()

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.

Dendropupa primaeva Matthew 1895
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (New Brunswick) Pupa primaeva (type locality: 114468)