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Elegesta

Tentaculita - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Elegesta is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proschizophoriidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Elegesta Williams et al. p. 816
2002Elegesta Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
RankNameAuthor
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
familyProschizophoriidaeBoucot et al. 1966
genusElegesta

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.

G. †Elegesta
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Wenlock or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation E. nikiforovae (24777)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia (The Mongolian Lake District) E. mikiforovae (13189)