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Lunulites immensa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae

Taxonomy
Lunulites immensa was named by Håkansson and Voigt (1996). Its type specimen is MGUH 23100 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stevns Klint, Danish White Chalk, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Lunulites immensa Håkansson and Voigt p. 198 figs. 7A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyLunulitidaeLagaaij 1952
genusLunulitesLamarck 1816
speciesimmensa

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.

Lunulites immensa Håkansson and Voigt 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:23:23
Modified: 2008-02-27 05:13:02
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Lunulites immensa (67406 67429 type locality: 214350)