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Protoanidanthus gosforthensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Protoanidanthus gosforthensis was named by Briggs (1998). Its type specimen is UQ F75347, a shell (Conjoined shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L5106, Lochinvar, which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Lochinvar Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Protoanidanthus gosforthensis Briggs p. 198 figs. 95A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyAnidanthinae
genusProtoanidanthus
speciesgosforthensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Protoanidanthus gosforthensis (type locality: 104777)