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Rhagasostoma angliae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Taxonomy
Rhagasostoma angliae was named by Brydone (1936). Its type specimen is SM B36877 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harford, Norwich, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. levigata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Rhagasostoma angliae Brydone figs. Pl. 35, figs. 4, 5, 6-7
1936Rhagasostoma inelegans angliae Brydone figs. Figs. 8-9, Table 4
2018Rhagasostoma angliae Koromyslova et al. p. 20 fig. 8,9

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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
speciesangliaeBrydone 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 angliae 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: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Rhagasostoma angliae (216934)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma angliae (type locality: 216932 216933)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Rhagasostoma angliae (216935)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma angliae (159329)