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Dyscritellina megacanthi

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy
Dyscritellina megacanthi was named by Reid (2003). Its type specimen is UTGD 126948 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M1, Fossil Cliffs, Maria Island, which is in a Sakmarian open shallow subtidal limestone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. septatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Dyscritellina megacanthi Reid p. 97 fig. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyDyscritellidaeDunaeva and Morozova 1967
genusDyscritellina
speciesmegacanthi

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: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Dyscritellina megacanthi (type locality: 116527 116528)