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Wellerella minuta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella minuta was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26917/1:6, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH286, Bed 8, Cerro Caya Caya Section 18, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Wellerella minuta Chronic p. 60
1953Wellerella minuta Chronic p. 57 figs. Pl 9, figs 10-13c

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella
speciesminuta

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.

Wellerella minuta Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height122.892.103.803.000.607

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Wellerella minuta (41334)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Peru (Amazonas) Wellerella minuta (type locality: 41341)