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Minodentalium furcatum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Plagioglypta furcata was named by Waterhouse (1980). Its type specimen is NZGS TM5686 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Minodentalium furcatum by Asato and Kase (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Plagioglypta furcata Waterhouse p. 197 figs. 1.4-1.11
2021Minodentalium furcatum Asato and Kase p. 755

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusMinodentalium
speciesfurcatum()

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.

†Minodentalium furcatum Waterhouse 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Plagioglypta furcata (type locality: 41777 41778)