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Rhabdomeson bispinosum

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae

Taxonomy
Rhabdomeson bispinosa was named by Crockford (1944). Its type specimen is GSWA F2/2405 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gascoyne River District (GSWA collection), which is in a Sakmarian coastal horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

It was corrected as Rhabdomeson bispinosum by Xia (1986) and Ernst et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Rhabdomeson bispinosa Crockford p. 167 fig. 47
1986Rhabdomeson bispinosum Xia p. 211 figs. Pl 3, figs 9-11
2006Rhabdomeson bispinosum Ernst et al. p. 631 figs. 2F-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderRhabdomesidaVine 1883
familyRhabdomesidaeVine 1883
genusRhabdomeson
speciesbispinosum()

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.

Rhabdomeson bispinosum Crockford 1944
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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: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wordian or 293.52000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Rhabdomeson bispinosa (type locality: 131540)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Iran Rhabdomeson bispinosum (59919)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Xizang) Rhabdomeson bispinosum (120856)