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Escharella fistula

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae

Taxonomy
Escharella fistula was named by Brown (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tarakohe Quarry, which is in an Oligocene marine marl in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Escharella fistula Brown p. 339 fig. 259

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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
familyRomancheinidaeJullien 1888
genusEscharella
speciesfistula

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.

Escharella fistula Brown 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 06:39:18
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:39:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bock 2006, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Escharella fistula (type locality: 173837)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Escharella fistula (173831)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Escharella fistula (173737)