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Marguetta geminata

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae

Taxonomy
Marguetta geminata was named by Brown (1958). Its type specimen is MGSV, 53059 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dartmoor, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine limestone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Marguetta geminata Brown p. 75 fig. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyLepralielloideaVigneaux 1949
familyBryocryptellidaeVigneaux 1949
genusMarguettaJullien et al. 1903
speciesgeminata

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.

†Marguetta geminata Brown 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 04:49:57
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:13:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Miocene or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Marguetta geminata (type locality: 173512)