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Arcticalosia unispinosa

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Taxonomy
Wyndhamia unispinosa was named by Waterhouse (1969). Its type specimen is GSC 23818 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 35317, Sabine Peninsula, Melville Island, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in Canada. It is the type species of Arcticalosia.

It was recombined as Arcticalosia unispinosa by Waterhouse (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Wyndhamia unispinosa Waterhouse p. 34 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-13; pl 10, figs 1,3,5,6; text-fig 2
1986Arcticalosia unispinosa Waterhouse p. 2

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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
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyStrophalosiidae
subfamilyDasyalosiinaeBrunton 1966
genusArcticalosia
speciesunispinosa()

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.

Arcticalosia unispinosa Waterhouse 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Nunavut) Wyndhamia unispinosa (112857 120472)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (Nunavut) Wyndhamia sp. (type locality: 120471)