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Baylea queerlingensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Baylea queerlingensis was named by Wang (1982). Its type specimen is NI-52072, a shell (Internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Jingxian County, Kufeng Formation, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate siliciclastic in the Kufeng Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Baylea queerlingensis Wang p. 325 figs. Pl 124, figs 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusBaylea
speciesqueerlingensis

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.

Baylea queerlingensis Wang 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.7

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Anhui) Baylea queerlingensis (type locality: 102111)