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Callispirina rotundella

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Taxonomy
Callispirina rotundella was named by Xu and Grant (1994). Its type specimen is USNM 456163, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huangzhishan section, undiv Changxing Fm, Xuzhou City, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Callispirina rotundella Xu and Grant p. 47 figs. 36(24-30)

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familyParaspiriferinidaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusCallispirinaCooper and Muir-Wood 1951
speciesrotundella

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.

Callispirina rotundella Xu and Grant 1994
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangdong) Spiriferellina multiplicata (95678 109779 109780)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangdong) Spiriferellina multiplicata (95679)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Callispirina rotundella (type locality: 50028)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Callispirina rotundella (50030)