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Medfracaulus contracta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Coelocaulus) contracta was named by Perner (1907) [Barrande in Perner 1907]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kosoř near Praha-Radotin, which is in a Gorstian marine horizon in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Medfracaulus contracta by Rohr et al. (2003) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Murchisonia (Coelocaulus) contracta Perner pp. 103 - 104 figs. pl. 102 f. 40-42
2003Medfracaulus contracta Rohr et al. p. 91
2023Medfracaulus contracta Wagner p. 1352

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

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 contracta Perner 1907
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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: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Hlavni města Praha) Murchisonia contracta (type locality: 104940)