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Monticulifera sinensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Productus sinensis was named by Frech (1911) [Productus intermedius var. sinensis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsin-tan, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Monticulifera sinensis by Jin et al. (1974), Yang et al. (1977), Feng and Jiang (1978), Tong (1978), Wang et al. (1982), Chang (1987), Zeng et al. (1995), He et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Productus sinensis Frech p. 176 figs. Pl 25, fig 3
1974Monticulifera sinensis Jin et al. p. 309 figs. Pl 162, figs 12,13
1977Monticulifera sinensis Yang et al. p. 365 figs. Pl 145, fig 7
1978Monticulifera sinensis Feng and Jiang p. 263 figs. Pl 93, fig 7
1978Monticulifera sinensis Tong p. 232 figs. Pl 82, fig 2
1982Monticulifera sinensis Wang et al. p. 210 figs. Pl 80, fig 12; pl 84, figs 7,8; pl 86, fig 22; pl 87, fig 15; pl 88, figs 1-3
1987Monticulifera sinensis Chang p. 760 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1995Monticulifera sinensis Zeng et al. figs. Pl 9, fig 11; pl 10, fig 1
2008Monticulifera sinensis He et al. p. 817 fig. 5.11

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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
subfamilyMonticuliferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusMonticuliferaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
speciessinensis()

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.

Monticulifera sinensis Frech 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.0

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, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Sichuan) Monticulifera sinensis (153927 153928)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hunan) Monticulifera sinensis (100056 100057 100058)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Anhui) Monticulifera sinensis (94927 101455)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Sichuan) Monticulifera sinensis (153930 153931)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Jiangxi) Monticulifera sinensis (100097 120089)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Hunan) Monticulifera sinensis (100066 100071)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Sichuan) Monticulifera sinensis (153933 153934)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Hubei) Productus sinensis (121105)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Hubei) Monticulifera sinensis (121124)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Hunan) Monticulifera sinensis (105923)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) Monticulifera sinensis (95960 108175 108182)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hunan) Monticulifera sinensis (100074)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) Monticulifera sinensis (100100)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Chongqing) Monticulifera sinensis (131987)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Sichuan) Monticulifera sinensis (103464)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Qinghai) Monticulifera sinensis (81394)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Chongqing) Monticulifera sinensis (98056)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Jiangxi) Monticulifera sinensis (120096)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Jiangsu) Monticulifera sinensis (120115)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Fujian) Monticulifera sinensis (120045 120046 120077)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Chongqing) Monticulifera sinensis (131991)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Monticulifera sinensis (153936 153937)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Hunan) Monticulifera sinensis (100083)