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Minodentalium okumurai

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Minodentalium okumurai was named by Asato and Kase (2021). Its type specimen is NMNS PM 28406, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Kinshozan, middle-upper Member, Akasaka (NMNS collection), which is in a Wordian/Capitanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Minodentalium okumurai Asato and Kase p. 758 fig. 9

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

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 okumurai Asato and Kase 2021
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Japan Minodentalium okumurai (type locality: 220705 220706)