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Cellaria minus

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae

Taxonomy
Cellaria minus was named by Gordon and Taylor (1999). Its type specimen is IGNS BZ 193 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cellaria minus Gordon and Taylor p. 27 figs. 71-73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilyCellarioideaFleming 1828
familyCellariidaeHincks 1880
genusCellariaEllis and Solander 1786
speciesminus

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.

Cellaria minus Gordon and Taylor 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 04:56:20
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:16:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8New Zealand (Chatham Island) Cellaria minus (type locality: 7221)