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Dyscritella sparsigemmata

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae

Taxonomy
Geinitzella sparsigemmata was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1886) [Geintzella columnaris var. ramosa sparsigemmata Geintzella columnaris var. ramosa sparsigemmata]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khura, uppermost beds of Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate marl in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Dyscritella sparsigemmata by Sakagami (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Geinitzella sparsigemmata Waagen and Wentzel p. 883 figs. Pl 112, figs 1a-d,4; pl 113, figs 1a-e
1981Dyscritella sparsigemmata Sakagami p. 54 figs. Pl 5, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyDyscritellidaeDunaeva and Morozova 1967
genusDyscritella
speciessparsigemmata()

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.

†Dyscritella sparsigemmata Waagen and Wentzel 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Geinitzella sparsigemmata (119287 119288 119291 119292)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India (Kashmir) Dyscritella sparsigemmata (82572 82574)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Geinitzella sparsigemmata (type locality: 119527)