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Spiriferella yukonensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella yukonensis was named by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982). Its type specimen is ROM 28205 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is JBW145, Section 116F-9, Northern Ogilvie Mtns, which is in a Gzhelian marine sandstone in the Ettrain Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Spiriferella yukonensis Waterhouse and Waddington p. 12 figs. Pl 1, figs 11-20; text-figs 11c-f,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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()
speciesyukonensis

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.

Spiriferella yukonensis Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
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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: 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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella sp. (10265) Spiriferella yukonensis (122959 122960 122967 122969)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella yukonensis (101733 type locality: 122957 122958 122961 122962 122963 122964 122965 122966 122968)