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Vikingia

Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Pseudolabechiidae

Taxonomy
Vikingia was named by Bogoyavlenskaya (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 903].

It was assigned to Pseudolabechiinae by Stearn et al. (1999); to Stromatoporoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudolabechiidae by Stock (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Vikingia Bogoyavlenskaya
1999Vikingia Stearn et al.
2002Vikingia Sepkoski
2015Vikingia Stock p. 775

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
RankNameAuthor
orderActinostromatidaBogoyavlenskaya 1969
familyPseudolabechiidaeBogoyavlenskaya 1969
genusVikingiaBogoyavlenskaya 1969

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.

G. †Vikingia Bogoyavlenskaya 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.60000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Taymyr) V. tenuis (79167)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Russian Federation V. sp. (23495 23498)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Estonia V. tenuis, V. vikingi (79879)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) V. tenui (206380 206381 206386)
Jaagarahu431.2 - 428.6Estonia V. tenue (13724 195599)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Russian Federation V. sp. (23500)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine V. podolica (23484)