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Plicatospiriferella canadensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Plicatospiriferella canadensis was named by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982). Its type specimen is GSC 26855 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 53726, Section 116H-1B, Peel River, which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Ettrain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Plicatospiriferella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Plicatospiriferella canadensis Waterhouse and Waddington p. 34 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-10; text-figs 11a,b

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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
genusPlicatospiriferella
speciescanadensis

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.

Plicatospiriferella canadensis Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height217.516.518.517.51.41

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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Yukon) Plicatospiriferella canadensis (122989 type locality: 122990 122991 122992 122993)