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Conopeum foliorum

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

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Derivation of name. In reference to its occurrence attached to leaves of diverse terrestrial plants, foliorum (Latn) of the leaves.

Taxonomy
Conopeum foliorum was named by Taboada et al. (2024). Its type specimen is MPEF-PI 7101-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LefE , which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Lefipán Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ovatum, C. parviporum, C. prismaticum, C. ramosum, C. wadei, C. wilcoxianicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Conopeum foliorum Taboada et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderMembraniporinaOrtmann 1890
superfamilyMembraniporoideaBusk 1852
familyElectridaeD'Orbigny 1851
genusConopeumGray 1848
speciesfoliorum

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.

†Conopeum foliorum Taboada et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Taboada et al. 2024Colony unilaminar, spot- to sheet-like. Ancestrula budding a distal and two distolateral zooids. Autozooids mediumsized, elongate rectangular with extensive opesia, arranged in a brickwall-like alternation pattern between adjacent rows; gymnocyst absent; cryptocyst narrow forming a thin mural rim, with rarely preserved rounded granules; spine bases and closure plates not observed, presumably absent. Kenozooids not observed.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:13:31
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:32:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Conopeum foliorum (type locality: 194832)