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Inversaria gondwanae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Taxonomy
Inversaria gondwanae was named by Gordon and Taylor (1999). Its type specimen is IGNS BZ 1 87 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pukekio, Chatham Island, which is in a Thanetian/Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface conglomerate/conglomerate in the Red Bluff Tuff Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Inversaria gondwanae Gordon and Taylor p. 21 figs. 45-47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
genusInversariavon Hagenow 1851
speciesgondwanae

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.

†Inversaria gondwanae Gordon and Taylor 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:49:32
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:49:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Inversaria gondwanae (type locality: 7221)