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Alternifenestella cervoidea

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy
Cervella cervoidea was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26975/2:1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 54, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

It was recombined as Alternifenestella (Cervella) cervoidea by Sakagami (1995); it was recombined as Alternifenestella cervoidea by Sakagami (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. donaiciformis, A. miniscula, A. praemagna, A. subspeciosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Cervella cervoidea Chronic p. 120
1953Cervella cervoidea Chronic p. 118 figs. Pl 23, figs 3a-7
1995Alternifenestella (Cervella) cervoidea Sakagami p. 266 fig. 3.1
2004Alternifenestella cervoidea Sakagami p. 78 fig. 12.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyFenestellidae
subfamilyFenestellinaeKing 1849
genusAlternifenestella
speciescervoidea()

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 calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-27 02:34:38
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:34:38
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Sakmarian or 303.70000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Peru Alternifenestella cervoidea (117132)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Peru Alternifenestella cervoidea (117124 117125 117126 117134)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Cervella cervoidea (41357 type locality: 41362)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia Alternifenestella cervoidea (95534 116974)