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Tuarangia paparua

Rostroconchia - Tuarangiida - Tuarangiidae

Taxonomy
Tuarangia paparua was named by MacKinnon (1982). It is not extant. Its type locality is Trilobite Rock, Cobb Valley, South Island, which is in a Boomerangian carbonate limestone in the Tasman Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Tuarangia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. gravgaerdensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Tuarangia paparua MacKinnon
1982Tuarangia paparua Mackinnon
1985Tuarangia paparua MacKinnon pp. 77 - 80 figs. f. 9R-V
2000Tuarangia paparua Hinz-Schallreuter pp. 236 - 239 figs. f. 3B, 7
2023Tuarangia paparua Wagner p. 5494

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classRostroconchia
orderTuarangiida(MacKinnon 1982)
familyTuarangiidae
genusTuarangiaMacKinnon 1982
speciespaparuaMacKinnon 1982

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.

†Tuarangia paparua MacKinnon 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 13:48:11
Modified: 2008-03-19 15:48:11
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0New Zealand (Nelson) Tuarangia paparua (type locality: 7897 49850)