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Costatumulus meritus

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Costatumulus meritus was named by Waterhouse (1986). Its type specimen is UQF 74009 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UQ L997, Cattle Creek, upstream from Consuelo Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Sirius Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Costatumulus meritus Waterhouse pp. 59-60 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-10
1998Costatumulus meritus Briggs p. 160 figs. 80A-H
2012Costatumulus meritus Li et al.

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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
speciesmeritus

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 meritus Waterhouse 1986
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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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wordian or 290.10000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (New South Wales) Cancrinella farleyensis (102760 102761) Costatumulus meritus (103711 132483)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Costatumulus meritus (type locality: 101577 102656 102918 103185 103187 103214 103235 103352 103357 103377 103379 103380 103545 103986 104729 104730) Costatumulus tumidus (104773)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Costatumulus meritus (102943)