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Figularia echinoides

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae

Taxonomy
Figularia echinoides was named by Brown (1952). Its type specimen is D. 36936 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru, which is in a Runangan marine limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Figularia echinoides Brown p. 188 figs. 131, 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyCribrilinoideaHincks 1879
familyCribrilinidaeHincks 1880
genusFigulariaJullien 1886
speciesechinoides

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.

Figularia echinoides Brown 1952
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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 05:25:01
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:19:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Runangan or 36.00000 to 34.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Figularia echinoides (type locality: 173838)