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Pteroplecta niger

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Spirifer niger was named by Waagen (1883). Its type specimen is GSI 3529 and 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 Spirifer (Paeckelmanella) niger by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Neospirifer niger by Lee and Gu (1980); it was recombined as Pteroplecta niger by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Spirifer niger Waagen p. 522 figs. Pl 48, figs 4-6
1944Spirifer (Paeckelmanella) niger Reed
1980Neospirifer niger Lee and Gu p. 413 figs. Pl 178, figs 1,2,14
2004Pteroplecta niger Waterhouse p. 230

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusPteroplecta
speciesniger()

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.

†Pteroplecta niger Waagen 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer niger (type locality: 81501 97007 124360 125806 125809 125810 125812 125822 125823 125825 125827 125833 125834 125852 125855 125857 125859 125868 125870 125871 125873 125874 125876 125878 125879)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Neospirifer niger (111152)