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Elivina tibetana

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer tibetanus was named by Diener (1897). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chitichun No. 1 Block (1892 collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Spiriferella tibetana by Waterhouse (1966), Zhang and Jin (1976), Licharew and Kotlyar (1978); it was recombined as Elivina tibetana by Fantini Sestini (1965), Kalashnikov (1981), Li et al. (1986), Kalashnikov (1998), Shen et al. (2003), Waterhouse (2004), Tazawa (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Spirifer tibetanus Diener p. 45 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-7
1903Spirifer tibetanus Diener pp. 17, 81
1906Spirifer tibetanus Keidel p. 379
1913Spirifer tibetanus Mansuy p. 63 figs. Pl 5, fig 11; pl 6, fig 1
1965Elivina tibetana Fantini Sestini p. 142 figs. Pl 20, figs 2-5
1966Spiriferella tibetana Waterhouse p. 52 figs. Pl 2, fig 2; pl 9, fig 3; pl 12, figs 3,4; pl 13, figs 1,2,4,5
1976Spiriferella tibetana Zhang and Jin p. 212 figs. Pl 17, figs 1,2
1978Spiriferella tibetana Licharew and Kotlyar figs. Pl 18, figs 4,5
1981Elivina tibetana Kalashnikov p. 61 figs. Pl 16, fig 6
1986Elivina tibetana Li et al. figs. Pl 8, fig 4
1998Elivina tibetana Kalashnikov p. 54 figs. Pl 8, fig 6; pl 14, figs 7,8
2003Elivina tibetana Shen et al. p. 244 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-10
2004Elivina tibetana Waterhouse
2008Elivina tibetana Tazawa p. 42 figs. 6.8a-6.16

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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()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusElivinaFredericks 1924
speciestibetana()

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.

Elivina tibetana Diener 1897
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1966Transverse to elongate shells with prolonged narrow ventral umbo, narrow cardinal extremities, deep wide sulcus and well defined plicae with moderately deep interspaces, dorsal fold with median cleft.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.110.221.016.25.41

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 307.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Russian Federation Elivina tibetana (133074)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Guangxi) Elivina tibetana (134312)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer tibetanus (233571 233572)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Spirifer tibetanus (119867)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Elivina tibetana (109939 109983)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Spiriferella tibetana (82329)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Elivina tibetana (62292)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India Elivina tibetana (132474)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Elivina tibetana (24590) Spirifer tibetanus (type locality: 89203 230327)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India Spirifer tibetanus (230328)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Spiriferella tibetana (110475)