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Neoschisma cornutum

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Neoschismatidae

Taxonomy
Neoschisma cornutum was named by McKellar (1969). Its type specimen is UQ F11119 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nerimbera Quarry, Lakes Creek Siding, Rockhampton, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Berserker Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Neoschisma cornutum McKellar p. 23 figs. Pl 5, figs 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyNeoschismatidaeWanner 1940
genusNeoschismaWanner 1924
speciescornutum

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.

Neoschisma cornutum McKellar 1969
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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: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) Neoschisma cornutum (type locality: 101561)