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Hoskingia prolonga

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Taxonomy
Hoskingia prolonga was named by Waterhouse (1983). Its type specimen is UQ F73676 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L4792, Manang District, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-11-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hoskingia prolonga Waterhouse p. 144 figs. Pl 8, figs 15-17

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyBeecheriidae
genusHoskingia
speciesprolonga

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.

†Hoskingia prolonga Waterhouse 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Hoskingia prolonga (type locality: 120508 120509 120516 120519 120520 120522)