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Costatumulus polliciformis

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Cancrinella polliciformis was named by Waterhouse (1978). Its type specimen is UQF 68906, a valve (Ventral valve), and it 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.

It was recombined as Coolkilella polliciformis by Waterhouse and Chen (2007); it was recombined as Costatumulus polliciformis by Shen et al. (2003), Li et al. (2012), Shen et al. (2016), Xu et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cancrinella polliciformis Waterhouse p. 76 figs. Pl 11, figs 9-12
2003Costatumulus polliciformis Shen et al. p. 80 figs. Pl 10, figs 15-22
2007Coolkilella polliciformis Waterhouse and Chen p. 22
2012Costatumulus polliciformis Li et al.
2016Costatumulus polliciformis Shen et al. p. 528 figs. 5S-Y
2018Costatumulus polliciformis Xu et al. p. 150 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyMonticuliferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyAuriculispininae
genusCostatumulusWaterhouse 1983
speciespolliciformis()

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.

Costatumulus polliciformis Waterhouse 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.0

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9China (Xizang) Costatumulus polliciformis (182797 182801 182802 182803)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India Productus cancriniformis (107358)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Costatumulus polliciformis (60581 60582 60583 60587) Productus cancriniformis (89203)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Xizang) Costatumulus polliciformis (192076)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Cancrinella polliciformis (43174 43185 43187 type locality: 43190 43197 43199)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Costatumulus polliciformis (60594)