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Cassowarioides whitei

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Taxonomy
Cassowarioides whitei was named by Rogalla and Amler (2006). Its type specimen is YPM 186043 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. B1895. Indian Ladder, Thatcher's State Park, new New Salem, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate carbonate in the Manlius Limestone Formation of New York.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cassowarioides whitei Rogalla and Amler p. 202 figs. f. 13A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyPseudobigaleaidae
subfamilyIapetocardiinae
genusCassowarioides
specieswhitei

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.

Cassowarioides whitei Rogalla and Amler 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 04:13:00
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:13:00
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Cassowarioides whitei (type locality: 63349)