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Marginifera (Arenaria) transversa

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy

Marginifera transversa was named by Waagen (1884). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Amb, "Chonetes Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Marginifera (Arenaria) transversa by Chen and Shi (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. chuchuhuai, M. cristobalensis, M. grandis, M. gratiosa, M. himalayaensis, M. manzanica, M. mapingensis, M. opima, M. pusilla, M. texana, M. typica, M. wabashenis, Productus gerassimovi, Productus gratiosus, Productus gratiosus, Productus helicus, Productus helicus, Productus wanneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Marginifera transversa Waagen pp. 725-727 figs. Pl 78, figs 4-5
1968	Marginifera transversa Grant p. 25 figs. Pl 7, figs 4a-d; text-figs 20,21
2006	Marginifera (Arenaria) transversa Chen and Shi p. 143

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Productidina
superfamily	Marginiferoidea	(Stehli 1954)
tribe	Marginiferini
genus	Marginifera
subgenus	Arenaria
species	transversa	()

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.

†Marginifera (Arenaria) transversa Waagen 1884

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	7.98	6.38	10.0	8.19	2.56

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalsubo

Diet:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:08:41

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:08:41

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Pakistan	Marginifera transversa (81501 109267 109270 109296 109301 109317 125806 125818 125819 125821 125822 125823 125826 125827 125830 125852 125854 125859 125868 125869 125871 125872 125873 125874 125880)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	Pakistan	Marginifera transversa (127031)