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Costatumulus tazawai

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Costatumulus tazawai was named by Shen et al. (2000). Its type specimen is NMV P148917, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Selong Xishan, Bed 5b, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal shale in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Costatumulus tazawai Shen et al. p. 743 figs. 12.1-12.8, 12.11-12.14
2008Costatumulus tazawai Tazawa p. 27 fig. 4.5
2012Costatumulus tazawai Li et al.
2015Costatumulus tazawai Tazawa et al. p. 43 fig. 6.3
2017Costatumulus tazawai Shen et al. p. 718

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyMonticuliferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyAuriculispininae
genusCostatumulusWaterhouse 1983
speciestazawai

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.

Costatumulus tazawai Shen et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Costatumulus tazawai (118972)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Costatumulus tazawai (62292)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Costatumulus tazawai (73592 73593 type locality: 73594 73595)