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Proterotainia neihartensis

Taxonomy
Helminthoidichnites neihartensis was named by Walcott (1899). Its type specimen is USNM 210914, an other, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Deep Creek Canyon, which is in a Calymmian marine horizon in the Greyson Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Proterotainia neihartensis by Walter et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Helminthoidichnites neihartensis Walcott p. 236
1976Proterotainia neihartensis Walter et al. p. 874

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusProterotainia
speciesneihartensis()

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
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Calymmian or 1600.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0USA (Montana) Helminthoidichnites neihartensis (227999) Proterotainia neihartensis (192007)