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Cathayspirina magna

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae

Taxonomy
Cathayspirina magna was named by Tazawa (2009). Its type specimen is KMNH IvP 700018, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Hinaga, Omine Town, Mine-Shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian marine mudstone/limestone in the Tsunemori Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cathayspirina magna Tazawa p. 75 fig. 5.12a,5.12b

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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
superfamilyBrachythyridoideaFrederiks 1924
familyBrachythyrididaeFredericks 1924
genusCathayspirina
speciesmagna

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.

Cathayspirina magna Tazawa 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Cathayspirina fengshuijiangensis (type locality: 106722 106732)