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Kiangsiella pinguis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Kiangsiella pinguis was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26934/2:1, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 38a, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic p. 79
1953Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic p. 76 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyOrthotetoidea()
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusKiangsiellaChao 1927
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.

Kiangsiella pinguis Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height105.072.0016.05.454.31

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Kiangsiella pinguis (41362)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) Kiangsiella pinguis (type locality: 41371)