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Mimikonstantia sculpta

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae

Taxonomy
Mimikonstantia sculpta was named by Baker and Elston (1984). Its type specimen is BMNH BB 84690, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Selsey Common, near Stroud, which is in a Murchisonae carbonate limestone in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Mimikonstantia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mimikonstantia sculpta Baker and Elston p. 778 figs. Pl 69, figs 1-8; pl 70, figs 1-9; text-figs 1-4,5A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecideidaeGray 1840
subfamilyThecideinaeGray 1840
genusMimikonstantia
speciessculpta

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.

Mimikonstantia sculpta Baker and Elston 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Murchisonae or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Mimikonstantia sculpta (233476 233477 type locality: 233478)