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Macrotheca almgreeni

Hyolithomorpha - Toxeumorphorida

Taxonomy
Macrotheca almgreeni was named by Peel and Yochelson (1984). Its type specimen is MGUH 15084 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GGU 29652, Kap Stosch, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wegener Halvo Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Macrotheca almgreeni Peel and Yochelson p. 211 figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
classHyolithomorpha
orderToxeumorphorida
genusMacrotheca
speciesalmgreeni

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.

†Macrotheca almgreeni Peel and Yochelson 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter285.742.0175.0108.594.0

Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 11:54:00
Modified: 2011-03-22 11:35:54
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Macrotheca almgreeni (type locality: 116372 116373 116374 116375 116376 116377 116378 116379)