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Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae

Taxonomy
Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis was named by Liang (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis Liang p. 340 figs. Pl 54, figs 1-28
1990Cathayspirina semicircularisa Liang p. 341 figs. Pl 55, figs 1-10
2004Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis Chen p. 42 figs. Pl 7, figs 19-22, 29, 34

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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
speciesfenshuijiangensis

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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Invalid names: Cathayspirina semicircularisa Liang 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height107.545.3016.07.153.24

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Xinjiang) Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis (105227 105228)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis (35512)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis, Cathayspirina semicircularisa (type locality: 95519)