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Fusispirifer kennediensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Fusispirifer kennediensis was named by Archbold and Thomas (1987). Its type specimen is CPC 24991, a valve (Dorsal valve, external mould), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR F17034, Muderong Bore, Middalya, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2008-08-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Fusispirifer kennediensis Archbold and Thomas p. 194 figs. 11A-J
2004Fusispirifer kennediensis Waterhouse

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusFusispirifer
specieskennediensis

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.

Fusispirifer kennediensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Fusispirifer kennediensis (type locality: 83627 83633 84480 101252)