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Rhagasostoma minuens

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Taxonomy
Rhagasostoma minuens was named by Brydone (1936). Its type specimen is SM B36883 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Brighton and Roedean, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rhagasostoma inelegans minuens by Brydone (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. levigata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Rhagasostoma inelegans minuens Brydone p. 74 figs. Pl. 35, Figs 9–10
1936Rhagasostoma minuens Brydone p. 74 figs. Pl. 35, Figs 9–10
2018Rhagasostoma minuens Koromyslova et al. p. 16 fig. 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
genusRhagasostoma
speciesminuensBrydone 1936

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.

†Rhagasostoma minuens Brydone 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:49:32
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:49:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens (216926)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens (type locality: 216927)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Rhagasostoma minuens (216930)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens (216928 216929)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Rhagasostoma minuens (216931)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens (159329)