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Eiffelia araniformis

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae

Taxonomy
Lenastella araniformis was named by Missarzhevsky and Mambetov (1981) [Missarzhevsky in Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Aktugay, bed 7, which is in an Atdabanian marine dolomite/sandstone in the Shabakty Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Eiffelia araniformis by Bengtson et al. (1990) and Skovsted (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Lenastella araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov p. 76 figs. pl. 12, figs. 1, 10
1990Eiffelia araniformis Bengtson et al. p. 27
2006Eiffelia araniformis Skovsted p. 1098

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
RankNameAuthor
familyEiffeliidaeRigby 1986
genusEiffeliaWalcott 1920
speciesaraniformis()

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.

Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-03-07 18:04:18
Modified: 2009-03-08 19:56:23
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Caron and Jackson 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Delamaran or 521.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kyrgyzstan Lenastella araniformis (99325 99326 99327 99328 99329)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Eiffelia araniformis (10016 96931 96960 96966 97746 97747 97748 97749 97750 97767 97768 97769 97783)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Lenastella araniformis (type locality: 99300 99301 99302 99303 99324 99357)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Kazakhstan Lenastella araniformis (99362)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9China (Shaanxi) Eiffelia araniformis (199515 199516 199517 199534)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Eiffelia araniformis (96932 96958 96959 96965 97751 97770 97771 97772 97773 97774 97775)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland Eiffelia araniformis (49464)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Turkey (Konya) Eiffelia araniformis (91535)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Jordan Eiffelia araniformis (139932)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Italy (Iglesiente) Eiffelia araniformis (139878)