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Starostinella nordica

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Trachypsammiidae

Taxonomy
Starostinella nordica was named by Nowinski (1997). Its type specimen is ZPAL V.XXV/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uppermost part of Festningen section, Kapp Starostin, which is in a Changhsingian marine marl/shale in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Starostinella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Starostinella nordica Nowinski p. 165 figs. Pl 1, figs 1, 2; pl 2, figs 1, 2; text-fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyTrachypsammiidae
genusStarostinella
speciesnordica

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.

†Starostinella nordica Nowinski 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Svalbard and Jan Mayen Starostinella nordica (type locality: 131204)