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Tomiopsis confusus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Ambikella confusa was named by Waterhouse (1968). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 593, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Tomiopsis confusus by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ambikella confusa Waterhouse p. 60 figs. Pl 10, figs 7,9-12; pl 14, fig 9; pl 15, figs 3,7; pl 18, fig 1; text-fig 7B
1987Tomiopsis confusus Waterhouse p. 32 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-7,9,12

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyIngelarellinae
genusTomiopsisBenediktova 1956
speciesconfusus()

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.

†Tomiopsis confusus Waterhouse 1968
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Closely allied to Tomiopsis ingelarensis with furrow along posterior sulcus, and adminicula slightly more close-set in some specimens; surface grooves fine.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3New Zealand (Southland) Ambikella confusa (41776)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8New Zealand (Southland) Ambikella confusa (type locality: 41781)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Tomiopsis confusus (101571 113859 120324 120325 120328 120542 120543 120642 120643 120644 120648 120649 120650)