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Metastenodiscus zealandicus

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Taxonomy
Stenodiscus zealandicus was named by Schäfer and Grant-Mackie (1994). Its type specimen is OU 17942a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is JDC 1499, Otamita Stream (F45/f8825), which is in an Otamitan marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Metastenodiscus.

It was recombined as Metastenodiscus zealandicus by Ernst et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Stenodiscus zealandicus Schäfer and Grant-Mackie p. 9 figs. 5-8
2016Metastenodiscus zealandicus Ernst et al. p. 736 figs. 7.1-7.8, 8.1-8.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyStenoporidae
genusMetastenodiscus
specieszealandicus()

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.

Metastenodiscus zealandicus Schäfer and Grant-Mackie 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otamitan to the top of the Rhaetian or 221.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otamitan221.0 - 217.0New Zealand Stenodiscus zealandicus (type locality: 33078)
Warepan217.0 - 205.7New Caledonia Metastenodiscus zealandicus (133767)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7New Caledonia Metastenodiscus zealandicus (178176 178177)
Otapirian205.7 - 201.4New Caledonia Metastenodiscus zealandicus (133770 133784 133828 133829 178162 178164 178166 178168 178175)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4New Caledonia Metastenodiscus zealandicus (125728)