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Kafirnigania pentangulata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae

Taxonomy
Kafirnigania pentangulata was named by Kats (1962). Its type specimen is No. 4--770/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Babatag, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Kafirnigania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Kafirnigania pentangulata Kats p. 141 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 7a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyTerebratelloideaKing 1850
familyDallinidaeBeecher 1893
subfamilyDallininaeBeecher 1893
genusKafirnigania
speciespentangulata

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.205.607.106.100.634

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:24:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:24:57
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan Kafirnigania pentangulata (type locality: 163695 163696)