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Plicatifera

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Plicatifera was named as a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Plicatiferinae, Plicatiferini.

It was reranked as Productus (Plicatifera) by Reed (1944).

It was assigned to Productus by Reed (1944); to Plicatiferini by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Productus (Plicatifera) Reed p. 53
2000Plicatifera Williams et al. p. 450
2002Plicatifera 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
subfamilyPlicatiferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePlicatiferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusPlicatifera

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.

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Plicatifera aksuensis Zhan and Wu 1987
Plicatifera chaoi Grabau 1936
Plicatifera dubius Rotai 1951
Plicatifera kolwae Stepanov 1934
Plicatifera lipoensis Grabau 1934
Plicatifera shanxiulingensis Li and Gu 1980
Plicatifera wangi Chang 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height49.846.3616.09.644.10
valve height912.28.9619.311.93.12

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Smithian or 382.70000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Vietnam P. nigerina (83245)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (3961)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) P. plicatilis (67109)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Productus mesolobus (8176)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) P. humerosa (5970) P. humerosa, P. mesoloba (5971) P. humerosa, P. mesoloba, P. plicatilis (5972) P. plicatilis (5983)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) P. aculeata, P. carringtoniana, P. mesoloba (5994) P. carringtoniana, P. mesoloba, P. plicatilis (5995) P. mesoloba (5985 5991) P. mesolobus (6066 6068 6069 6070)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) P. mesoloba, P. plicatilis (5986 5987) P. plicatilis, P. pseudoplicatilis (28383)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xizang) P. chaoi (110091)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) P. dubius (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guizhou) P. lipoensis (111943)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) P. sp. (134316)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jilin) P. shanxiulingensis (150446)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Russian Federation Jakutoproductus chaoi (110271)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Vietnam Productus funiculatus (233576)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) P. latisulcata (134321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation P. kolwae (119339)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guizhou) P. lipoensis (111945)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xinjiang) P. aksuensis (35515 62709 105097)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Anhui) P. wangi (94924)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) P. sp. (134340)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia (Pahang) P. sp. (42729 42730 42733)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Productus funiculatus (126267 126268 126341)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) P. sp. (110980)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) P. sp. (149275 149276 149277 149278 149281)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) P. sp. (149204 149207)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) P. sp. (111611)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Japan P. sp. (115248)