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Sulciplica tasmaniensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer tasmaniensis was named by Morris (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eastern Marshes, Van Diemen's Land (Strzelecki coll), which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

It was recombined as Spirifera tasmaniensis by Etheridge (1902), Laseron (1910); it was recombined as Sulciplica tasmaniensis by Waterhouse (1968), Clarke (1979), Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Spirifer tasmaniensis Morris p. 280 figs. Pl 15, fig 3
1902Spirifera tasmaniensis Etheridge Jr. p. 66 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-3
1910Spirifera tasmaniensis Laseron p. 201
1968Sulciplica tasmaniensis Waterhouse p. 25 figs. Pl 16, figs 8,10
1979Sulciplica tasmaniensis Clarke p. 206 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-9
2004Sulciplica tasmaniensis 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
subfamilyTrigonotretinae
genusSulciplica
speciestasmaniensis()

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.

†Sulciplica tasmaniensis Morris 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Tasmania) Spirifer tasmaniensis (120242 120244 134051)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Tasmania) Sulciplica tasmaniensis (105425)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4New Zealand (Southland) Sulciplica tasmaniensis (41776)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (New South Wales) Spirifera tasmaniensis (161842)