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Bouchardiella cretacea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Bouchardiidae

Taxonomy
Magasella cretacea was named by Etheridge (1913). Its type specimen is WAM 3523, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Molecap Hill, which is in a Santonian offshore chalk in the Gingin Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Bouchardiella cretacea by Craig (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Magasella cretacea Etheridge p. 16 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 9-12
1999Bouchardiella cretacea Craig p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyBouchardioideaAllan 1940
familyBouchardiidaeAllan 1940
genusBouchardiella
speciescretacea(Etheridge 1913)

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.

†Bouchardiella cretacea Etheridge 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height22.972.054.303.171.59

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:30:13
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:30:13
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Australia (Western Australia) Bouchardiella cretacea (123005 153501 153503 153504 153505 153506 153507 153508 153509 153510 153511 153521 153524 153525 153526) Magasella cretacea (153502)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Australia (Western Australia) Bouchardiella cretacea (153512)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Bouchardiella cretacea (153527)