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Marginifera (Arenaria)

Strophomenata - Productida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Marginifera (Arenaria) Chen and Shi p. 143

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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
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
tribeMarginiferini
genusMarginifera
subgenusArenaria

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.

Subg. †Marginifera (Arenaria) Chen and Shi 2006
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Invalid names: Marginifera khairliensis Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera quadrata Reed 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Marginifera vestita Reed 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Marginifera praenuntia Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera protracta Reed 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1110.16.3815.010.02.72
valve height1110.46.7514.010.12.33

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 298.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Indonesia (Jambi) Marginifera sp. (152888)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xinjiang) Marginifera arenaria (62718 62815 62816 62818 62819 62820 62827 62828)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Xinjiang) Marginifera arenaria (62745 62747 62749 62754) Marginifera yinjishaensis (62743 62746 62750) Marginifera yinjishaensis, Marginifera arenaria (62740 62753)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Kanchanaburi) Marginifera arenaria (40855 40856 40858)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran (Lorestan) Marginifera ovalis (211721)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Productus keyserlingianus (121984)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran Marginifera excavata (211727)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran Marginifera ovalis (151301 211733)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Marginifera echinata (109306 125799 125801) Marginifera echinata, Marginifera khairliensis (125803) Marginifera echinata, Marginifera quadrata (125804) Marginifera excavata (125810 125851) Marginifera excavata, Marginifera echinata (90254 109268) Marginifera excavata, Marginifera transversa (109301 125869 125880) Marginifera ovalis (81503 124350) Marginifera ovalis, Marginifera transversa (81501 125823) Marginifera ovalis, Marginifera transversa, Marginifera quadrata (125854) Marginifera ovalis, Marginifera transversa, Marginifera vestita (125821) Marginifera quadrata (125802 125805) Marginifera transversa (109270 109296 109317 125806 125826 125830 125868 125871 125872 125873 125874) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera echinata (109267) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera echinata, Marginifera praenuntia, Marginifera vestita (125819) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera echinata, Marginifera quadrata (125852) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera echinata, Marginifera vestita (125827) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera quadrata (125859) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera vestita (125818) Marginifera transversa, Marginifera vestita, Marginifera quadrata (125822) Marginifera vestita (125820 125876)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Marginifera excavata, Marginifera transversa, Marginifera vestita (127031)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Marginifera excavata (109266 109283 109284 109285 109312) Marginifera excavata, Marginifera echinata (109286 109309) Marginifera excavata, Marginifera ovalis (109314) Marginifera ovalis (109271) Marginifera protracta (125867 127033)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Productus ovalis (138569)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Marginifera ovalis (126269)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Marginifera ovalis (132459)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Serbia Marginifera ovalis (242129)