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Betaneospirifer marcoui

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer marcoui was named by Waagen (1883). Its type specimen is GSI 3519 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pail, upper beds of Lower Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Neospirifer marcoui by Lee and Gu (1980) and Xiong (1990); it was recombined as Betaneospirifer marcoui by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Spirifer marcoui Waagen p. 510 figs. Pl 47
1903Spirifer marcoui Diener pp. 82, 187 figs. Pl 3, fig 21; pl 7, fig 1
1913Spirifer marcoui Mansuy p. 59 figs. Pl 5, fig 7
1944Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui Reed p. 200 figs. Pl 25, figs 1,2
1980Neospirifer marcoui Lee and Gu p. 412 figs. Pl 177, fig 4
1990Neospirifer marcoui Xiong p. 84 figs. Pl 23, figs 23a,b
2004Betaneospirifer marcoui Waterhouse p. 111

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusBetaneospiriferGatinaud 1949
speciesmarcoui()

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.

†Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height241.438.045.041.54.95

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: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Capitanian or 303.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spirifer marcoui (111915)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spirifer marcoui (111913)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer marcoui (233571)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Spirifer marcoui (112204)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Neospirifer marcoui (212503)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Nunavut) Neospirifer marcoui (120889)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer marcoui (125800 125804 125805 125806 125808 125809 125812 125813 125816 125822 125823 125827 125834 125835 125837 125839 125841 125842 125843 125844 125845 125847 125848 125849 125850 125851 125853 125854 125856 125857 125859 125860 125861 125869 125873 125875 125878 125879)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) Spirifer marcoui (109334)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Neospirifer marcoui (109617)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer marcoui (127031)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer marcoui (81502 type locality: 120123 124353 125862 125864 127018)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India Spirifer marcoui (230621)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Neospirifer marcoui (121162)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Spirifer marcoui (230328)