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Botsfordia caelata

Lingulata - Lingulida - Botsfordiidae

Taxonomy
Orbicula caelata was named by Hall (1847). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Botsfordia caelata by Skovsted and Holmer (2005) and Skovsted et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Botsfordia caelata Skovsted and Holmer pp. 334 – 338 figs. pl. 3 f. 12–15; pl. 4 f. 1-15
2017Botsfordia caelata Skovsted et al. p. 290 figs. 79.9a-c

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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
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyBotsfordiidae
genusBotsfordia
speciescaelata()

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.

†Botsfordia caelata Hall 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-15 12:28:15
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:39:41
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Dyeran or 521.00000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Botsfordia caelata (99357)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (New South Wales) Botsfordia caelata (225136)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland Botsfordia caelata (49456 49457 49458 49459 49461 49462 49463 49464 49465 49471 49473 67779 67781)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Newfoundland) Botsfordia caelata (195904 196282 196283 196284 196285 196286)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Labrador) Botsfordia caelata (196252 196254 196255 196257 196259 196260 196261)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (New York) Botsfordia caelata (78763 78764 78765 78766 78767 171821)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Kazakhstan Botsfordia caelata (123061 123064 123065 123066)