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Megasteges nepalensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Megasteges nepalensis was named by Waterhouse (1975) [Not stated where types are held]. Its type specimen is Specimen 314 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is W1275, Section 13, Popagaon, Karnali, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2008-07-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Megasteges nepalensis Waterhouse p. 6 figs. Pl 1, fig 8-10
1978Megasteges nepalensis Waterhouse p. 69 figs. Pl 8, fig 15; pl 9, figs 1-9,11-13; pl 10, figs 1,3-5
1990Megasteges nepalensis Yang et al. figs. Pl 24, fig 11
2003Megasteges nepalensis Shen et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 4, figs 11-14; pl 5, figs 1-4; pl 6, figs 1,2,4

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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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyAulosteginae
genusMegasteges
speciesnepalensis

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.

†Megasteges nepalensis Waterhouse 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height128.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Megasteges nepalensis (60579 60580 60582 121159)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Megasteges nepalensis (43166 43167 43170 43172 43177 43178 43185 43187 43189 type locality: 43190 43191 43192 43194 43198 43199 43216 43217 43218 43220 43230 43231 43235 43237 43242 43254 43256 43257 43277 43278 43279 120490)