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Sunnaginiidae

Tommotiida - Sunnaginiidae

Taxonomy
Sunnaginiidae was named by Landing (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Sunnaginia.

It was assigned to Tommotiida by Landing (1984), Li and Xiao (2004).

Subtaxa
Jaycea, Sunnaginia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Sunnaginiidae Landing p. 1392
2004Sunnaginiidae Li and Xiao p. 902

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
orderTommotiida()
familySunnaginiidae
familySunnaginiidae

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.

Fm. †Sunnaginiidae Landing 1984
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G. †Jaycea Landing 1995
G. †Sunnaginia Rozanov et al. 1969
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†Sunnaginia imbricata Rozanov et al. 1969
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Landing 1984Tommotiids with a multiunit, unimembrate skeleton consisting of low, conical, morphologically variable, helical, rightand left-handed plates with sulcus; type genus with imperforate transverse partitions continuous with outer growth ridges and joined internally by prismatic layer with hollow, vertical, pillar-like structures.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-21 20:24:20
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:24:20
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Botomian or 525.50000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Placentian538.8 - 516.2USA (Massachusetts) Sunnaginia imbricata (56828 56834 56836 56841 56851 56853)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Sunnaginia imbricata (45847 45848)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) Sunnaginia imbricata (56825 56830)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Sunnaginia imbricata (10253)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Sunnaginia sp. (50429)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Sunnaginia imbricata (232887)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Sunnaginia imbricata (80812 96226)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Sunnaginia sp. (50428)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Sunnaginia imbricata (6896 9388)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Sunnaginia imbricata (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Sunnaginia sp. A (97769 97783)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Jaycea deltaformis (232701) Jaycea deltraformis, Sunnaginia imbricata (9386) Sunnaginia imbricata (9351 9385 9387 9389 9390)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0United Kingdom (England) Sunnaginia imbricata (79934)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Sunnaginia imbricata (9350 9391)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Sunnaginia imbricata (79928 79935 79936 79937)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Sunnaginia sp. (97719)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1United Kingdom Sunnaginia imbricata (139702)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1USA (Massachusetts) Sunnaginia imbricata (56839 56850)