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Billingsella

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Billingsella Hall and Clarke
1992Billingsella Bengtson p. 1030
2000Billingsella Williams et al. p. 692
2002Billingsella Sepkoski
2010Billingsella Zhan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderBillingsellida
suborderBillingsellidina
superfamilyBillingselloidea
familyBillingsellidae
genusBillingsella

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.

G. †Billingsella Hall and Clarke 1892
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Subg. †Billingsella (Otusia) Walcott 1905
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Billingsella aliena Nikitin 1956
Billingsella anomala Walcott 1905
Billingsella appalachia Walcott 1905
Billingsella bivia Walcott 1912
Billingsella corrugata Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Billingsella costata Zhan et al. 2010
Billingsella dice Walcott 1905
Billingsella exporrecta Linnarsson 1876
Billingsella harlanensis Walcott 1905
Billingsella hicksi Davidson 1868
Billingsella holtedahli Walcott 1924
Billingsella lindstromi Linarsson 1876
Billingsella major Walcott 1905
Billingsella marion Walcott 1908
Billingsella obscura Walcott 1905
Billingsella orientalis Whitfield 1884
Billingsella perfecta Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Billingsella plicatella Walcott 1905
Billingsella pumpellyi Walcott 1905
Billingsella richthofeni Walcott 1905
Billingsella saffordi Walcott 1905
Billingsella salemensis Walcott 1887
Billingsella seletensis Nikitin 1956
Billingsella striata Walcott 1905
Billingsella tonkiniana Mansuy 1915
Billingsella uniplicata Popov et al. 2011
Billingsella whitfieldi Walcott 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Pedicle attachment, epifaunal (McKerrow, 1979). BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2006).g
Created: 2009-04-11 12:14:26
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:04:41
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Floian or 515.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) B. sp. (250)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) B. bivia (226565 226569)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica B. sp. (69505)
Mayan - Furongian504.5 - 485.4Iran (Semnan) B. sp. (22821)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Spain B. jalonensis, B. perarea (197252)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Australia (Tasmania) B. sp. (8084)
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) B. kulumbensis, B. parva (131072)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) B. kulumbensis (131071) B. kulumbensis, B. tegula (131069 131070)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) B. kulumbensis (131066) B. kulumbensis, B. subcarinata (131065)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) B. holtedahli (222980 222981)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) B. sp. (208982)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (8956)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) B. sp. (236)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) B. sp. (248)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) B. perfecta (247 249)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) B. wichitaensis (9724)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) B. sp. (251 184601)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Oklahoma) B. coloradoensis (221072 221073) B. corrugata (221076 221088 221089 221090 221091 221092 221093)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) B. perfecta (9043 9044) B. sp. (8947 8948 8949 8950 8953 9042)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Kazakhstan B. tonkiniana (122811)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Iran B. seletensis (186034 186035 186036) B. seletensis, B. uniplicata (186037)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Bhutan (Black Mountain) B. tonkiniana (141306)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Guangxi) B. costata (116363 116399 116404 116405 116407 116408 116410 116422 116423 116425 116433) B. guangxiensis (116362 116365 116409 116411 116421 116424 116430 116431 116434) B. guangxiensis, B. costata (116360 116427 116429 116435)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) B. sp. (156443)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Texas) B. sp. (207469)
Tavgian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) B. kulumbensis (131067) B. kulumbensis, B. tegula (131068)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) B. sp. (228189 228222 228224)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) B. holtedahli (222974)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Russian Federation B. sp. (62224)
Iverian - Payntonian494.0 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) B. sp. (228190)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Oklahoma) B. corrugata (221094 221095) B. rectangulata (221096 221097 221098)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Utah) B. sp. (259)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (195748)