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Paramarginifera

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Paramarginifera was named by Frederiks (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 963]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Paramarginiferini.

It was reranked as Productus (Paramarginifera) by Reed (1931).

It was assigned to Productus by Reed (1931); to Paramarginiferini by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Paramarginifera Frederiks
1931Productus (Paramarginifera) Reed p. 13
2000Paramarginifera Williams et al. p. 429
2002Paramarginifera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
familyProductinidae(Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960)
tribeParamarginiferiniLazarev 1986
genusParamarginiferaFrederiks 1916

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. †Paramarginifera Frederiks 1916
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Paramarginifera clarkei Tschernyschew 1902
Paramarginifera hemirotunda Lee and Gu 1980
Paramarginifera jilinensis Lee and Gu 1980
Paramarginifera nativa Manankov 1991
Paramarginifera rugulosus Lee and Gu 1980
Paramarginifera zesiensis Lee and Gu 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height118.4

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pennsylvanian to the top of the Capitanian or 307.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Marginifera clarkei (211878)
Virgilian - Missourian303.7 - 303.7Mexico (Puebla) P. sp. (40465)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Chaoiella clarkei (134310)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Marginifera clarkei (119867)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Marginifera clarkei (119291)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia P. nativa (116246 116247)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (35516)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mongolia P. nativa (116248 116250 116252 116254)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mongolia P. nativa (116257)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) P. clarkei, P. zesiensis, P. rugulosus, P. jilinensis (109610) P. hemirotunda (111184)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) P. clarkei (111176)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangdong) P. kwangtungensis (88900 95678 109781)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) P. kwangtungensis (101596 117500)