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Tangshanella uzunbulakensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Tangshanella uzunbulakensis was named by Chen (2004). Its type specimen is IGPS109118, a shell (Conjoined shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uzunbulak Section, Bed 7, Piqiang, Artux City, which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Piqiang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Tangshanella uzunbulakensis Chen p. 31 figs. Pl 5, figs 10-13; text-fig 8

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyTangshanellinaeCarter 1994
genusTangshanella
speciesuzunbulakensis

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
partNmean
shell height119.1

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Xinjiang) Tangshanella uzunbulakensis (105229)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China Tangshanella uzunbulakensis (type locality: 62963)