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Saeptathaerus spinosus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Aulosteges spinosus was named by Hosking (1931).

It was recombined as Saeptathaerus spinosus by Waterhouse and Chen (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Aulosteges spinosus Hosking
1957Aulosteges spinosus Coleman p. 49 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-9, 11, 12
1960Aulosteges spinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 96
1990Aulosteges spinosus Yang et al. figs. Pl 23, fig 21
2007Saeptathaerus spinosus Waterhouse and Chen p. 12

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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
subfamilyRhamnariinae
genusSaeptathaerusWaterhouse 2002
speciesspinosus(Hosking 1931)

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.

Saeptathaerus spinosus Hosking 1931
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Aulosteges spinosus (95199 95200 95201 95202)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Aulosteges spinosus (121161)