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Attenuatella multispinosa

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Attenuatella multispinosa was named by Waterhouse (1967). Its type specimen is AMF 42104, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Crooked Creek, between Drake and Sandy Hill, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Gilgurry Mudstone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. australis, A. piyasimi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Attenuatella multispinosa Waterhouse p. 168 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-7
1970Attenuatella multispinosa Armstrong and Telford p. 115 figs. Pl 10, figs 10-17
1987Attenuatella multispinosa Waterhouse p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
familyAmbocoeliidae
subfamilyAmbocoeliinae
genusAttenuatella
speciesmultispinosa

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.

†Attenuatella multispinosa Waterhouse 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 274.40000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Attenuatella sp. (40945)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Attenuatella sp. A (40943)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (New South Wales) Attenuatella multispinosa (type locality: 95416 101536 101539)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Attenuatella multispinosa (120538 120659) Attenuatella sp. (101550) Attenuatella sp. A, Attenuatella incurvata (85885)