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Orbiculoidea nucleola

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Orbiculoidea nucleola was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43371 and is a mold. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 39 (QZ-27), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian coastal siltstone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Orbiculoidea nucleola Liao p. 252 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-16
1984Orbiculoidea nucleola Liao figs. Pl 1, fig 3
2014Orbiculoidea nucleola Zhang et al. p. 484 figs. 5A-O
2019Orbiculoidea nucleola He et al. p. 211 figs. 9.77a-h,l-o

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciesnucleola

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.

Orbiculoidea nucleola Liao 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.395.757.106.420.955

Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Orbiculoidea nucleola (94984 94986)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Orbiculoidea nucleola (type locality: 112010 112015 145677 145681 145682 145684 145685 145686 163278 163282)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Jiangsu) Orbiculoidea nucleola (112369)