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Vinella cretacea

Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Vinellidae

Taxonomy
Vinella cretacea was named by Voigt (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adenstedt-Bülten iron ore mine, near Peine, which is in a Santonian carbonate limestone in the Gehrden Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Vinella cretacea Voigt p. 2 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCtenostomataBusk 1852
familyVinellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1904
genusVinellaUlrich 1890
speciescretacea

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.

Vinella cretacea Voigt 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: aragonitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:38:08
Modified: 2010-02-11 02:11:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Vinella cretacea (type locality: 220869)