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Rhabdinopora enigma

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae

Taxonomy
Dictyonema enigma was named by Cooper and Stewart (1979) [Dictyonema? enigma]. Its type specimen is P47159 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Rhabdinopora enigma by Erdtmann and Botsford (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dictyonema enigma Cooper and Stewart pp. 778 - 779 figs. Plate 103, figs. 8, 12, 13, ?3; text-figs. 3d, h-j, Ig
1986Rhabdinopora enigma Erdtmann and Botsford pp. 767- 769 figs. 4 A-C, E-G, J-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderGraptodendroidinaMu and Lin 1981
familyAnisograptidaeBullman 1950
genusRhabdinoporaEichwald 1860
speciesenigma()

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.

Rhabdinopora enigma Cooper and Stewart 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Tremadoc or 484.30000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland) Rhabdinopora enigma (204422)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) Dictyonema enigma (204417 204420)