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Crassispirifer pinguis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Crassispirifer pinguis was named by Archbold and Thomas (1985). Its type specimen is UWA 27382, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UWA WC27, Mungadan Paddock, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Crassispirifer pinguis Archbold and Thomas p. 288 figs. 11A-C,12A-D,13A-E,14A,E-F,I
2004Crassispirifer pinguis 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
genusCrassispirifer
speciespinguis

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.

Crassispirifer pinguis Archbold and Thomas 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height360.241.593.356.326.7

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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Crassispirifer pinguis (84852)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Crassispirifer pinguis (38899 84352 85230 type locality: 101220)