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Orbiculoidea nitida

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
O. affinis, O. anhuiensis, O. armstrongi, O. batesvillensis, O. capax, O. capuliformis (syn. Discina convexa), O. cincta (syn. Orbicula davreuxiana), O. clintonensis, O. concentrica, O. damanensis, O. elegans, O. excentrica, O. excentrica, O. forbesa, O. gibba, O. interlineata, O. jangarensis, O. keokuk, O. kolymaensis, O. konincki (syn. Discina speluncaria), O. kullsbergensis, O. liaoi (syn. O. minor), O. linguliformis, O. magna, O. minuta, O. missouriensis (syn. Discina manhattanensis), O. nucleola, O. ovalis, O. pileolus, O. platymitraformis, O. prietana, O. qieermaensis, O. qinglongensis, O. radiata, O. rotularia, O. sampsoni, O. semipolita, O. shallochensis, O. sibirica, O. sodalis, O. soyanensis, O. spitzbergensis, O. stincharensis, O. taskrestensis, O. tobaensis, O. utahensis, O. varsoviensis, O. verum, O. warthi, O. winsnesi, O. wisnesi, O. wyomingensis, O. xinguensis, O. yangkangensis

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciesnitida

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Westphalian or 346.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Orbiculoidea nitida (76515)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Orbiculoidea nitida (76517)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea nitida (73393 73402 73417 73421)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Orbiculoidea nitida (6367 6393 6396 6397 6404 6405 6406 6407 6409 6410 6416 6418 6419 6420 6421 6422 6423 6425 6426 6428 6430 6434 6435 6437 6440 6443)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea nitida (8266 8267)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea nitida (8270)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea nitida (162355)