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Praelacazella wetherelli

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae

Taxonomy
Thecidea wetherelli was named by Morris (1851).

It was recombined as Lacazella (Bifolium) wetherelli by Johansen and Surlyk (1990); it was recombined as Praelacazella wetherelli by Simon (2000), Schrøder et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. lacazelliformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thecidea wetherelli Morris p. 86 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 1-3
1990Lacazella (Bifolium) wetherelli Johansen and Surlyk p. 868 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 7
2000Praelacazella wetherelli Simon p. 148 figs. Tbl. 1, Text Fig. 5, Pl. 4, Fig. 7a-b, 8
2024Praelacazella wetherelli Schrøder et al. p. 3 figs. 4, 5

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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
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecideidaeGray 1840
subfamilyLacazellinaeBackhaus 1959
genusPraelacazellaSmirnova 1969
specieswetherelli(Morris 1851)

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.

†Praelacazella wetherelli Morris 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Praelacazella wetherelli (157761)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom Lacazella wetherelli (157703 157719 157723 157732)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Praelacazella wetherelli (235527 235528 235529 235530 235531 235532)