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Figularia spinea

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae

Taxonomy
Figularia spinea was named by Brown (1952). Its type specimen is D. 36699 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hawkes Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Figularia spinea Brown p. 181 figs. 124, 125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyCribrilinoideaHincks 1879
familyCribrilinidaeHincks 1880
genusFigulariaJullien 1886
speciesspinea

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.

Figularia spinea Brown 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:25:01
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:19:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Figularia spinea (173737 type locality: 173739 173740)