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Drepanocarpos australis

Stylophora - Cornuta - Phyllocystidae

Taxonomy
Drepanocarpos australis was named by Smith and Jell (1999). Its type specimen is QMF 17860 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL1597, Chatsworth homestead, which is in an Iverian marine limestone in the Chatsworth Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Drepanocarpos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Drepanocarpos australis Smith and Jell pp. 347 - 348 figs. 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
familyPhyllocystidaeDerstler 1979
genusDrepanocarpos
speciesaustralis

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.

Drepanocarpos australis Smith and Jell 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:33
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Drepanocarpos australis (type locality: 193847)