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Marginifera

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy
Marginifera was named by Waagen (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-u P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1246]. It is the type genus of Marginiferini.

It was reranked as Productus (Marginifera) by Licharew (1937).

It was assigned to Productus by Licharew (1937); to Productinae by Sutton (1938); to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Marginiferini by Williams et al. (2000), Shen et al. (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Marginifera Waagen pp. 713-715
1937Productus (Marginifera) Licharew
1938Marginifera Sutton p. 561 figs. plate 64, figures 14-1 7 ; text figure 1e
1979Strigospina Liao
1997Strigospina Brunton and Lazarev p. 382
2000Marginifera Williams et al. p. 439
2002Marginifera Sepkoski
2002Strigospina Sepkoski
2003Marginifera Shen et al. p. 230

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
tribeMarginiferini
genusMarginifera

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. †Marginifera Waagen 1884
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Subg. †Marginifera (Arenaria) Chen and Shi 2006
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Invalid names: Marginifera khairliensis Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera quadrata Reed 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Marginifera vestita Reed 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Marginifera praenuntia Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera protracta Reed 1944 [synonym]
Subg. †Marginifera (Marginifera) Chen and Shi 2006
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Invalid names: Marginifera banschangensis Reed 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Marginifera crassicostata Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera eremita Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera ferox Reed 1944 [synonym]
Subg. †Marginifera (Nesiotia) Chen and Shi 2006
Marginifera adairensis Drake 1898
Marginifera andreai Angiolini 1995
Marginifera bicostala Lee and Gu 1980
Marginifera brevisulcata Cooper 1957
Marginifera bukkensis Schréter 1963
Marginifera carniolica Schellwien 1900
Marginifera costellata Cooper 1957
Marginifera depressa Mansuy 1913
Marginifera elongatoides Zeng et al. 1995
Marginifera emmae Albrecht 1924
Marginifera ganota Grant 1993
Marginifera gibbosa Mansuy 1913
Marginifera gobiensis Chao 1927
Marginifera involuta Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera jalaidensis Lee and Gu 1980
Marginifera juresanensis Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera lata Albrecht 1924
Marginifera lebedevi Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera longispina Sowerby 1814
Marginifera minor King 1931
Marginifera morrisi Chao 1927
Marginifera nesiotes Grant 1976
Marginifera orvini Frebold 1942
Marginifera parahimalayensis Lee and Gu 1980
Marginifera planocosta Easton 1962
Marginifera popovkaensis Zavodowsky 1968
Marginifera qaganqulutica Lee and Gu 1980
Marginifera qamarensis Yanagida and Pillevuit 1994
Marginifera schellwieni Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera septentrionalis Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera sexcostata Licharew 1937
Marginifera spinulifera Campi and Shi 2007
Marginifera tetraspina Lee and Duan 1985
Marginifera timanica Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera uralica Tschernyschew 1889
Marginifera vihiana Diener 1915
Marginifera zhongbaensis Jin and Sun 1981
Invalid names: Strigospina Liao 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height369.673.8016.210.23.16
valve height2711.73.0524.012.54.78

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 23:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Changhsingian or 358.86000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (606 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) M. sp. (554)
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) M. sp. (13363)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Arizona) Eomarginifera adairensis (124289) M. sp. (13246)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) M. juresanensis (112176)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) M. haydenensis (9858 9860 9953) M. sp. (9762 9869 9951)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (California) M. sp. (226821)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.4China (Qinghai) M. chuchuhuai (68635)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Montana) M. sp. (578)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) M. sp. (112180 112181 112182 112184)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (5611)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India M. typica (230328) M. vihiana (230850)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan M. banschangensis (126696) M. ornata (126704 126707 126746 126751 126757 126760 126982 126998 127023) M. typica (126741 126762 126986) M. typica, M. banschangensis (127017) M. typica, M. morrisi (126742) M. typica, M. ornata (127014)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Productus acutocurvatus, Productus nikchitchi (127858) Productus morrisi (127881) Productus sexcostatus (127865 127878 127905 127915) Productus sexcostatus, Productus spatiosus (127896) Productus sexcostatus, Productus subornatus (112566 127884) Productus sexcostatus, Productus subornatus, Productus spatiosus (127877) Productus spatiosus (127907 127914) Productus subornatus (127890) Productus typicus, Productus morrisi, Productus simkini, Productus gerassimovi, Productus nikchitchi (127860)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan M. ornata (81504 108525 108526 109264 109265 109290 109295 109307 109313 109319 109323 126882)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902USA (Texas) M. sp. (50002)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) M. sp. (149210)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) M. morrisi (149257) M. sp. (149259 149276 149277 149278) M. typica (148550)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) M. sp. (149301)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Tajikistan M. sexcostata (109477)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5India (Kashmir) M. himalayaensis (48913 50045 50046)