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Rhagasostoma rowei

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Taxonomy
Eschara rowei was named by Brydone (1906). Its type specimen is SMB36113 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trimingham (Lunata Zone, Sponge Beds), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rhagasostoma rowei by Koromyslova et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Eschara volgensis Eichwald p. 193
1906Eschara rowei Brydone p. 296 figs. Fig. 6
2018Rhagasostoma rowei Koromyslova et al. p. 41 figs. 16-18

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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
speciesrowei(Brydone 1906)

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 rowei Brydone 1906
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Invalid names: Eschara volgensis Eichwald 1865 [synonym]
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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Maastrichtian85.7 - 66.0Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) Eschara volgensis (216948 216949)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Kazakhstan Rhagasostoma rowei (216940)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Rhagasostoma rowei (216942)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belarus Rhagasostoma rowei (216924)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Hainaut) Rhagasostoma rowei (216947)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216951)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Eschara rowei (159329)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216950 216952)