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Milaculum

Palaeoscolecida

Taxonomy
Milaculum is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeoscolecida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. ethinclarki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Milaculum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
phylumScalidophora(Lemburg 1995)
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
—Palaeoscolecidomorpha
classPalaeoscolecidaConway-Morris and Robison 1986
genusMilaculum

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.

G. †Milaculum
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: facultatively mobilep
Life habit: shallow infaunalp
Diet: carnivorep
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 01:02:44
Modified: 2010-02-15 03:02:44
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Richmondian or 516.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) M. sp. indet. (79928)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (192195)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (90362)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (90360)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (90366)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) M. ethinclarki (360)