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Woolagia playfordi

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Taxonomy
Woolagia playfordi was named by Archbold (1997). Its type specimen is UWA 34285c, a shell (Internal mould of conjoined shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin, which is in an Artinskian shoreface sandstone in the High Cliff Sandstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Woolagia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Woolagia playfordi Archbold p. 220 figs. 14H-Q, 15A-Y

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySyringothyridoideaFrederiks 1926
familySyringothyrididaeFredericks 1926
subfamilyPermasyrinxinae
genusWoolagia
speciesplayfordi

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.

Woolagia playfordi Archbold 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height715.312.219.416.32.62

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Woolagia playfordi (type locality: 66119)