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Wilkingia fengchengensis

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Wilkingia fengchengensis was named by Li and Ding (1982). Its type specimen is Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-2516, a shell (Articulated steinkern), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Meixianling, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Wilkingia fengchengensis Li and Ding p. 323 figs. Pl 123, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyUndulomyinaeAstafieva-Urbajtis 1973
genusWilkingiaWilson 1959
speciesfengchengensis

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.

Wilkingia fengchengensis Li and Ding 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.4
valve height15.40

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:36:33
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:36:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Clapham 2015

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) Wilkingia fengchengensis (type locality: 102115)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Wilkingia fengchengensis (111730)