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Marginifera (Arenaria) excavata

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy
Marginifera excavata was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nilawan, basal Lower Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian shoreface sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Marginifera (Arenaria) excavata by Chen and Shi (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Marginifera excavata Waagen p. 715 figs. Pl 78, figs 2-3
1936Marginifera excavata Douglas p. 36
1944Marginifera vestita Reed p. 91 figs. Pl 20, fig 16
1968Marginifera excavata Grant p. 24 figs. Pl 7, figs 2,3; text-figs 16,17
2006Marginifera (Arenaria) excavata 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
speciesexcavata()

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.

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Invalid names: Marginifera vestita Reed 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height113.0----
valve height39.068.5010.08.750.804

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 Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran Marginifera excavata (211727)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Marginifera excavata (90254 109268 109301 125810 125851 125869 125880) Marginifera vestita (125818 125819 125820 125821 125822 125827 125876)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Marginifera excavata, Marginifera vestita (127031)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Marginifera excavata (109266 109283 109284 109285 109286 109309 109312 109314)