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Taeniothaerus subquadratus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Productus subquadratus was named by Morris (1845). It is the type species of Productus (Taeniothaerus).

It was recombined as Taeniothaerus subquadratus by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960), Waterhouse (1982), Waterhouse et al. (1983), Yang et al. (1990) and Briggs (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Productus subquadratus Morris p. 284
1909Productus subquadratus Etheridge Jr. and Dun p. 300 figs. Pl 41, figs 1-5
1945Aulosteges acanthophorus Fletcher p. 314 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-3
1960Taeniothaerus subquadratus Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 98 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-6; pl 12, figs 6,7; text-fig 6B
1982Taeniothaerus subquadratus Waterhouse p. 40 figs. Pl 7l,m; text-fig 17F
1983Taeniothaerus subquadratus Waterhouse et al. p. 126 figs. Pl 1, fig 11
1990Taeniothaerus subquadratus Yang et al. figs. Pl 24, fig 1
1998Taeniothaerus subquadratus Briggs p. 139

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyTaeniothaerinaeWaterhouse 2002
genusTaeniothaerus(Whitehouse 1928)
speciessubquadratus()

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.

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Invalid names: Aulosteges acanthophorus Fletcher 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Queensland) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (104001)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Productus subquadratus (131548 131884)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Productus subquadratus (134054)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (85888)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Aulosteges acanthophorus (103194 108408) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (85038 85856 85875 85877 101572 103086 103087 103088 103091 103093 103094 103095 103097 103193 103437 103441 103442 103499 103545 103875 103901 103976 104739)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3New Zealand Taeniothaerus subquadratus (52697)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Productus subquadratus (134052) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (120242)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (New South Wales) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (103718 103719)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Tasmania) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (105425)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Productus subquadratus (123249)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Taeniothaerus subquadratus (121162)