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Anabarites sexalox

Scyphozoa - Anabaritida - Anabaritidae

Taxonomy
Anabarites sexalox was named by Bengtson et al. (1990). Its type specimen is SAMP 30823 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6429RS106, L1761, L1856 - Horse Gully, which is in a Botomian carbonate packstone in the Parara Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. pp. 195 - 197 figs. 128 - 131
2001Anabarites sexalox Gravestock et al. p. 88 figs. Pl. IX, Fig. 6a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classScyphozoaGoette 1887
RankNameAuthor
orderAnabaritida
familyAnabaritidae
genusAnabarites
speciessexalox

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.

Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 11:04:38
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:22:01
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Anabarites sexalox (96920 97747)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Anabarites sexalox (50793 67980 96915 96917 96957 97751 type locality: 97770 97772 97773 97774 156332 172616 172620)