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Pustulospiriferina etheridgei

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Punctospirifer etheridgi was named by Armstrong (1970). Its type specimen is UQF 54612 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Punctospirifer.

It was recombined as Pustulospiriferina etheridgei by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Punctospirifer etheridgi Armstrong pp. 317-319 figs. Pl 25, figs 6-10,12-19,21,22
1987Pustulospiriferina etheridgei Waterhouse p. 45 figs. Pl 12, figs 26-28, cf. 29

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familyPunctospiriferidae
genusPustulospiriferina
speciesetheridgei()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Large shells with deep sulcus and high fold, 4-6 plicae on each valve, pustules well defined.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Punctospirifer etheridgi (type locality: 101542 101565) Pustulospiriferina etheridgei (66234 66269 66271 120380 120637)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) Pustulospiriferina etheridgei (66233)