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Medfracaulus cooki

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Medfracaulus cooki was named by Rohr et al. (2003). Its type locality is Field Locality 94R-3 (=USGS 79APA82b), which is in a Gorstian/Pridoli carbonate limestone in Alaska.

It was synonymized subjectively with Medfracaulus turriformis by Rohr and Blodgett (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Medfracaulus cooki Rohr et al. p. 91 figs. f. 1.1-1.3
2023Medfracaulus cooki Wagner p. 3749

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusMedfracaulus
speciescooki

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.

Medfracaulus cooki Rohr et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:24
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:59:24
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Pridoli or 427.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Medfracaulus cooki (type locality: 55429)