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Schizoporella scissa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae

Taxonomy
Schizoporella scissa was named by Brown (1952). Its type specimen is D. 36767 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Canterbury, which is in an Altonian marine limestone in the Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Schizoporella scissa Brown p. 245 figs. 178, 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySchizoporelloideaJullien 1883
familySchizoporellidaeJullien 1883
genusSchizoporellaHincks 1877
speciesscissa

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.

Schizoporella scissa Brown 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: intermediate Mg calciteg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 06:53:46
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:53:46
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Schizoporella scissa (type locality: 173830)