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Saeptathaerus latus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Saeptathaerus latus was named by Waterhouse and Chen (2007). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is PG5, Ridge A of Chulu Massif, Braga, Manang area, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Saeptathaerus latus Waterhouse and Chen p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-12; pl 3, figs 1,2

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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
subfamilyRhamnariinae
genusSaeptathaerusWaterhouse 2002
specieslatus

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.

†Saeptathaerus latus Waterhouse and Chen 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Saeptathaerus latus (62441 62443 type locality: 62445 62446 120387 120415) Taeniothaerus sp. (43190) Taeniothaerus sp., Waagenoconcha abichi (43220)