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Maydena roadsidensis

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Maydena roadsidensis was named by Jell (2014). Its type specimen is UTGD128851, a test (a decalcified external mould of the ventral surface), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL1600. Gordon River Road Section. 19 km west of Maydena), which is in a Lancefieldian marine siltstone in the Florentine Valley Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Maydena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Maydena roadsidensis Jell pp. 531 - 532

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
genusMaydena
speciesroadsidensis

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.

Maydena roadsidensis Jell 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell 2014Adambulacrals in oral view forming the abradial margin of the podial basins, with suggestion of spine articulation bases on the top of the T-shaped ridge; inferomarginals (the third column of plates) abradial, subquadrate, flat, thin, with numerous spines articulated to abradial margin (i.e., aboral side in life position).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Lancefieldian or 484.30000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) Maydena roadsidensis (type locality: 165771)