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Brachiosvalbardia capitolina

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes capitolinus was named by Toula (1875). It is the type species of Svalbardia, Brachiosvalbardia.

It was recombined as Paeckelmannia capitolina by Ustritsky (1960); it was recombined as Svalbardia capitolina by Afanasjeva (1977), Kalashnikov (1993); it was recombined as Brachiosvalbardia capitolina by Ceccolini and Cianferoni (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Chonetes capitolinus Toula p. 250 figs. Pl 8, fig 9
1960Chonetes capitolinus Harker p. 53 figs. Pl 16, figs 11,12
1960Paeckelmannia capitolina Ustritsky p. 118 figs. Pl 6, figs 15-18
1977Svalbardia capitolina Afanasjeva p. 27 figs. Pl 2, figs 16-18; text-figs 19-21
1993Svalbardia capitolina Kalashnikov p. 34 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-7
2023Brachiosvalbardia capitolina Ceccolini and Cianferoni p. 88

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusBrachiosvalbardia
speciescapitolina()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height14.00

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Svalbardia capitolina (86037 109481 109986 110010 110029)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) Paeckelmannia capitolina (126202 126242 126243)
Kungurian - Capitanian283.3 - 259.51Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbardia capitolina (95254)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) Chonetes capitolinus (11089)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbardia capitolina (95231)