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Tornquistia subquadratus

Strophomenata - Productida - Anopliidae

Taxonomy
Tornquistia subquadratus was named by Archbold (1990). Its type specimen is CPC 28026, a valve (Dorsal valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR TK5A, Scott Bluff, Lake Blanche, which is in a Sakmarian coastal sandstone in the Cuncudgerie Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Tornquistia subquadratus Archbold p. 2 figs. 1D-O

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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
suborderChonetidina
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyAnopliidaeMuir-Wood 1962
subfamilyAnopliinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusTornquistiaPaeckelmann 1930
speciessubquadratus

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.

Tornquistia subquadratus Archbold 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.80

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:24
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:24
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Tornquistia subquadratus (type locality: 101209 109714)