Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Hemitrypa sexangula

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Taxonomy
Hemitrypa sexangula was named by Lonsdale (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. adversa, H. devonica, H. lasutkiniae, H. mimicra, H. tenella, H. terentei, H. tubulosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Hemitrypa sexangula Lonsdale p. 167

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyFenestellidae
genusHemitrypa
speciessexangula

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.

†Hemitrypa sexangula Lonsdale 1844
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Lonsdale 1844Net-work fine, hexagonal; meshes round in double rows.