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Nikiforovella

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae

Taxonomy
Nikiforovella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nikiforovellidae by Gorjunova (1975); and to Cryptostomata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Nikiforovella Gorjunova p. 67
2002Nikiforovella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderRhabdomesidaVine 1883
familyNikiforovellidae
genusNikiforovella

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.

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Nikiforovella explicata Gorjunova 1970
Nikiforovella gracilis Ernst and Herbig 2010
Nikiforovella inseperata Gorjunova 1975
Nikiforovella nana Schulga-Nesterenko 1955
Nikiforovella novella Ariunchimeg 1992
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: Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 364.70000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany N. cavernosa (226508) N. sp. (226506)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany N. gracilis (144445 144446 144447 144448)
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (New Mexico) N. sp. (226351)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Mongolia N. novella (51491)
Osagean353.8 - 342.8USA (Indiana) N. sp. (550)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Spain N. multipitata (34641)
Chadian345.3 - 345.0USA (Indiana) N. sp. (2187 2202)
Chadian - Arundian345.3 - 342.8USA (Indiana) N. sp. (557)
Asbian339.4 - 336.0Spain N. multipitata (229072)
Asbian - Brigantian339.4 - 326.4Spain (Andalusia) N. multipitata (134298)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4Spain N. multipitata (229074 229075)
Yeadonian318.1 - 314.6Spain N. sp. (144039 144049 144050)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Tajikistan Dyscritella explicata, N. inseperata (109037)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Dyscritella explicata (109039)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.9China (Nei Mongol) Dyscritella explicata (112677)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Nei Mongol) Dyscritella explicata (111185)