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Filiconcha auricula

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Filiconcha auricula was named by Waterhouse (1976). Its type specimen is NZGS BR1703 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS11139, Sutherland Farm (G45/f8689), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the AG4 Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Filiconcha auricula Waterhouse p. 238 figs. 4.3-4.14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyMonticuliferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyAuriculispininae
tribeAuriculispininiWaterhouse and Briggs 1986
genusFiliconchaDear 1969
speciesauricula

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.

Filiconcha auricula Waterhouse 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14New Zealand (Southland) Filiconcha auricula (39927 39929 type locality: 39931)