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Kelsovia superba

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Kelsovia superba was named by Clarke (1990). Its type specimen is GST361234, 361168, a valve (Dorsal valve counterpart internal and external molds), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Middle Arm, Beaconsfield, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Swifts Jetty Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Kelsovia superba Clarke p. 72 figs. 13A-N
1992Kelsovia superba Clarke p. 23 figs. 13A-N

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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
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyGlendoniinae
genusKelsovia
speciessuperba

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.

Kelsovia superba Clarke 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.911.325.418.49.97

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Kelsovia superba (105475 type locality: 105484 105492)