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Spinarella

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Spinarella was named by Cooper and Grant (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1246]. Its type is Spinarella perfecta.

It was assigned to Paucispiniferini by Williams et al. (2000); to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rugatiini by Lazarev (2011).

Species
S. costellata, S. lobata, S. paulula, S. perfecta (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Spinarella Cooper and Grant p. 1058
2000Spinarella Williams et al. p. 447
2002Spinarella Sepkoski
2011Spinarella Lazarev p. 31

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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
subfamilyChaoiellinae
tribeRugatiini
genusSpinarella

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. †Spinarella Cooper and Grant 1975
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†Spinarella costellata Cooper and Grant 1975
†Spinarella lobata Cooper and Grant 1975
†Spinarella paulula Cooper and Grant 1975
†Spinarella perfecta Cooper and Grant 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2411.92.7031.313.46.72

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) S. paulula, S. perfecta (43495)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) S. costellata (43518) S. lobata (43563 105851) S. lobata, S. paulula (102611) S. paulula (105742) S. perfecta (101807 105807)