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Fusispirifer carnarvonensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis was named by Archbold and Thomas (1987). Its type specimen is MUGD F6608, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GAT Locality CC121, Thambrong Well, Williambury Station, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Fusispirifer carnarvonensis Archbold and Thomas p. 177 figs. 1A-I,2A-H
2004Fusispirifer carnarvonensis 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
speciescarnarvonensis

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 carnarvonensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height326.719.531.930.56.80

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Fusispirifer carnarvonensis (84484 85894 101223 101245 101246 type locality: 101247 120568) Spirifera lata (101221 131598)