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Wyatkina gigantiformis

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Aulosteges gigantiformis was named by Grabau (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China.

It was recombined as Wyatkina gigantiformis by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Aulosteges gigantiformis Grabau p. 276 figs. Pl 27, figs 1-3
1960Wyatkina gigantiformis Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 101

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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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyTaeniothaerinaeWaterhouse 2002
genusWyatkinaFredericks 1931
speciesgigantiformis()

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.

Wyatkina gigantiformis Grabau 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height219.316.522.519.54.24

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Aulosteges gigantiformis (type locality: 109091)