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Bellaclathrus spinosus

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Taxonomy
Bellaclathrus spinosus was named by Winters (1963). Its type specimen is AMNH 27995/3:1, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cibecue Road, Locality 4, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Bellaclathrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Bellaclathrus spinosus Winters p. 26 figs. Pl 1, figs 4a-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductidaeGray 1840
subfamilyBuxtoniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeBuxtoniiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusBellaclathrus
speciesspinosus

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.

Bellaclathrus spinosus Winters 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.8

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Bellaclathrus spinosus (52898 type locality: 95353 120746 120747)