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Quadratia

Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae

Taxonomy
Quadratia was named by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1]. It is the type genus of Quadratiinae.

It was assigned to Chonopectinae by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960); to Quadratiinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Q. alifera, Q. egregia, Q. hirsutiformis, Q. patula
Species lacking formal opinion data
Q. rangariensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Quadratia Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 161
2000Quadratia Williams et al. p. 583
2002Quadratia 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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyAraksalosiidaeLazarev 1989
subfamilyQuadratiinaeLazarev 1989
genusQuadratia

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. †Quadratia Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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†Quadratia alifera Girty 1899
†Quadratia egregia Carter 1967
†Quadratia hirsutiformis Walcott 1884
†Quadratia patula Girty 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Chadian or 353.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Texas) Q. egregia (62491 62494)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) Q. sp. (5811)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Q. rangariensis (46854)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany Q. sp. (64673)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Utah) Q. sp. (560)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Q. sp. (2640 2641 2642 2643 2644 2672 2675 2676 2677 2678 2680 2681 2689 2690)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) Q. sp. (2683 2688)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Q. sp. B (46949)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Q. hirsutiformis (62674)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Idaho) Q. hirsutiformis (12807 12814)