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Wellerella

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella was named by Dunbar and Condra (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 1,411]. It is the type genus of Wellerellidae, Wellerellinae.

It was reranked as Pugnax (Wellerella) by Reed (1944).

It was assigned to Pugnax by Reed (1944); to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wellerellinae by Williams et al. (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Wellerella Dunbar and Condra
1944Pugnax (Wellerella) Reed p. 123
2002Changyangrhynchus Sepkoski
2002Wellerella Sepkoski
2002Wellerella Williams et al. p. 1256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella

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. †Wellerella Dunbar and Condra 1932
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†Wellerella arthaberi Tschernyschew 1914
†Wellerella bidentata Girty 1909
†Wellerella connivens Eichwald 1860
†Wellerella delicatula Dunbar and Condra 1932
†Wellerella girtyi Cooper and Grant 1976
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†Wellerella girtyi girtyi Cooper and Grant 1976
†Wellerella girtyi seorsa Cooper and Grant 1976
†Wellerella globosa Koczyrkevicz 1983
†Wellerella granum Tschernyschew 1902
†Wellerella hemiplicata Cooper 1953
†Wellerella lemasi Cooper 1953
†Wellerella lemasi minor Cooper 1953
†Wellerella minuta Chronic 1949
†Wellerella multiplicata Cooper 1957
†Wellerella nitidula Cooper and Grant 1976
†Wellerella osagensis Shumard and Swallow 1858
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†Wellerella osagensis immatura Dunbar and Chonrda 1932
†Wellerella polycostata Glushenko 1975
†Wellerella rotunda Cooper 1953
†Wellerella saxatilis Reed 1931
†Wellerella tetrahedra Dunbar and Condra 1932
†Wellerella texana Shumard 1859
†Wellerella truncata Dunbar and Condra 1932
Invalid names: Changyangrhynchus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2034.991.1018.85.002.63
valve height32.180.49011.21.895.82

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (286 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) W. osagensis (13363)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Texas) W. sp. (1098)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Nevada) W. osagensis (12782)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xizang) W. sp. (110102)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) W. sp. (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) W. multiplicata (10079)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) W. tetrahedra (70134 70297 70379) W. tetrahedra, W. osagensis (70309 70382 70487)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) W. sp. (1040 91530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) W. osagensis (974) W. sp. (941 973 990 1010) W. sp., W. osagensis (920) W. tetrahedra (926 956)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Utah) W. tetrahedra (59854 59855 237052 237053)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) W. tetrahedra, W. osagensis (39988 39989)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) W. sp. (165)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) W. sp. (44169)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) W. sp. (119 160)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) W. sp. (39916)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nevada) W. truncata, W. delicatula (144025)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) W. longiplicata (134310)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Wyoming) W. sp. (81193)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) W. cooperi (786 789 806 871 875) W. osagensis (808 811 828 831 850 852 866 868 879) W. osagensis, W. truncata (800) W. sp. (860 906) W. truncata (861 870 880)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) W. osagensis (50219) W. tetrahedra (49830)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) W. immatura (215687) W. osagensis (146828) W. truncata (156708)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) W. osagensis (1051 1060 1063 1065 1067 1074 1091 1096 1101 217891 217908 217915 217932 217941 217958 225756 225757 225758 225759 225760 225761 225772 225773 225774 225775 225776) W. sp. (1064 1126) W. sp., W. osagensis (1054 1062)
Gzhelian - Cisuralian303.7 - 274.4USA (California) W. sp. (143626)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Ukraine (Donets'ka) W. granum (126015 126069 126126 126127) W. sp. (126029)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Rostovskaya) W. polycostata (126066 126125)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) W. cooperi (793 873 12441) W. osagensis (809 812 817 829 863 869 894 12114 12188) W. sp. (12113 12359 12369 12370 12372 12373 12377) W. sp., W. osagensis (12190) W. tetrahedra (798) W. truncata (12115)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Peru (Cusco) W. osagensis (41338)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Bolivia W. osagensis (62316)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) W. bidentata (41335 41352 41353) W. minuta (41334) W. osagensis (41357 41358 41359 41360)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) W. bidentata (41371 41378)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Cusco) W. bidentata (41345) W. osagensis (41343 41347)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Wyoming) W. osagensis (11230)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) W. sp. (1116)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia W. osagensis, W. bidentata (47006)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) W. sp. (131724)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation W. connivens (88906 119331)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) W. sp. (39153 39154 39155)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Peru (Amazonas) W. minuta (41341)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Utah) W. sp. (11272)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Oman W. sp. (166923)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guangxi) W. sp. (134340)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Oregon) W. multiplicata (41275)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Pugnoides bidentatus (69002 113192 113193 113198 121457 149783 149860 150251 150556 150956 151280) W. nitidula (81635 81637 81710 81711 81723 105988) W. sp. 1 (43562)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) W. sp. (90004)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) W. girtyi (94875)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Nebraska) W. cooperi, W. sp., W. delicatula (11660) W. sp. (11776)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) W. delicatula (11933) W. osagensis (11531 11560 11591 11677 11849 11880 11941 11958 12042) W. osagensis, W. delicatula (12038) W. osagensis, W. truncata (11948) W. sp. (11541 11548 11603 11624 11654 11665 11786 11788 11844 11848 11860 11926 11954 11959 11996 12026 12056 12105) W. sp., W. truncata (11834) W. truncata (11953)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Utah) W. sp. (11271)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Mexico (Chiapas) W. lemasi (198600)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Northwest Territories) W. sp. (121741)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Pugnax bidentata (108803) W. girtyi (43519 43548 43551 43553 81515 81645 81693 81722 101767 102602 102605 102614 105726 105750 105887 106021 106123)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Mexico (Guerrero) W. sp. (232714)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) W. hemiplicata, W. lemasi (40811 40818 40820 40839) W. lemasi (40810 40812 40813 40815 40816 40821 40840 40844 40846) W. sp., W. lemasi, W. rotunda (40823)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Montana) W. sp. (11276)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran W. arthaberi (112944)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (Yukon) W. sp. (120484)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Pugnax bidentata (108821) W. girtyi (43550 81636 105764 105821 105977)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan W. arthaberi (82115)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia W. arthaberi (113617)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) W. sp. (222429)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) W. lemasi (111185)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51USA (Texas) Rhynchonella texana (133737)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Rhynchonella texana (133738)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) W. girtyi (200253)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Montana) W. osagensis (11279)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia W. arthaberi (110747) W. sp. 1 (110749)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pugnax saxatilis (125895 125902 125908 126007)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (California) W. hemiplicata (108997) W. rotunda (108998 109000)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan W. arthaberi (110677 110717 116754 116757 116759) W. arthaberi, W. globosa (110678) W. globosa (110669) W. sp. 1 (110701)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Montana) W. sp. (95024) W. sp., W. osagensis (11273)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Wyoming) W. osagensis (11223)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) W. sp. (156863)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece W. sp. (108325)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Tajikistan W. arthaberi (109466 109471 109474 109477)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) W. sp. (156815)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) W. sp. (149214)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902India (Kashmir) W. sp. (48994)