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Liguloclema meridianus

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Etherellidae

Taxonomy
Sulcoretepora meridianus was named by Etheridge (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Marmion (Maitland coll), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Liguloclema meridianus by Sakagami (1973), Liu and Wang (1987), Sakagami (1999), Sakagami (2000), Ernst (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. meridionalis, L. typicalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Sulcoretepora meridianus Etheridge Jr. p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1944Sulcoretepora meridianus Crockford p. 156 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; text-figs 29,30
1973Liguloclema meridianus Sakagami p. 77 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4
1987Liguloclema meridianus Liu and Wang p. 7 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8
1999Liguloclema meridianus Sakagami p. 86 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-3
2000Liguloclema meridianus Sakagami p. 147 figs. 4.5, 4.6
2016Liguloclema meridianus Ernst p. 18 figs. 8.8, 9.1-9.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
familyEtherellidaeCrockford 1957
genusLiguloclema
speciesmeridianus()

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.

†Liguloclema meridianus Etheridge Jr. 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 283.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4China (Xizang) Liguloclema meridianus (226505)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Sulcoretepora meridianus (type locality: 106707)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Indonesia Liguloclema meridianus (117112 117114)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Liguloclema meridianus (116885)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Liguloclema meridianus (117110)