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Porkuniconchus fragilis

Tentaculita - Cornulitida - Cornulitidae

Taxonomy
Porkuniconchus fragilis was named by Vinn et al. (2024). Its type specimen is GIT 494-49-1, an other (complete tube), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Reinu Qarry, Ordovician, which is in a Hirnantian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ärina Formation of Estonia. It is the type species of Porkuniconchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Porkuniconchus fragilis Vinn et al. p. 41 figs. FIgures 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
subclassTentaculitida(Ljaschenko 1955)
orderCornulitidaBoucek 1964
familyCornulitidaeFischer 1962
genusPorkuniconchus
speciesfragilis

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.

†Porkuniconchus fragilis Vinn et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:13:15
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:13:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Leighton 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Estonia Porkuniconchus fragilis (type locality: 234758)