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Tomiopsis oviformis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifera oviformis was named by M'Coy (1847). Its type specimen is SM E10649 and is a mold. Its type locality is Barraba (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Muree Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Martiniopsis oviformis by Laseron (1910); it was recombined as Ingelarella oviformis by McClung (1978); it was recombined as Tomiopsis oviformis by Clarke (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Spirifera oviformis M'Coy p. 234 figs. Pl 13, figs 5, 6
1910Martiniopsis oviformis Laseron p. 200
1978Ingelarella oviformis McClung p. 42 figs. Pl 14, figs 4,15,16; pl 15, figs 1-6
1987Tomiopsis oviformis Clarke p. 275 fig. 13

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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
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyIngelarellinae
genusTomiopsisBenediktova 1956
speciesoviformis()

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.

†Tomiopsis oviformis M'Coy 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height631.520.041.034.17.79

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 272.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Ingelarella oviformis (103706 103709 103839 136342 136346 136368 136369 136370)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Ingelarella oviformis (112990 136618 136625) Martiniopsis oviformis (161843 161846) Spirifera oviformis (type locality: 136626)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Tasmania) Tomiopsis oviformis (86153)