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Neoschisma extensum

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Neoschismatidae

Taxonomy
Neoschisma extensum was named by Webster and Jell (1992). Its type specimen is QMF21494, an other (hypodeltoid plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML760, Callytharra-Byro track, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Neoschisma extensum Webster and Jell p. 361 fig. 24,25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyNeoschismatidaeWanner 1940
genusNeoschismaWanner 1924
speciesextensum

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.

Neoschisma extensum Webster and Jell 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Neoschisma extensum (120562 120563 120564 type locality: 120565 120567)