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Eatoniella (Dardanula) praecursor

Gastropoda - Eatoniellidae

Taxonomy
Dardanula praecursor was named by Laws (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Eatoniella (Dardanula) praecursor by Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Dardanula sedicula, Dardanula subexcavata, E. glacialis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Dardanula praecursor Laws pp. 485 - 486 fig. 67
1990Eatoniella (Dardanula) praecursor Beu et al. p. 406

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyCingulopsoideaFretter 1958
familyEatoniellidaePonder 1965
genusEatoniellaDall 1876
subgenusDardanula(Iredale 1915)
speciespraecursor()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Otaian or 21.70000 to 18.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Dardanula praecursor (type locality: 84915)