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Hindella incipiens

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae

Taxonomy
Meristina crassa incipiens was named by Williams (1951). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens by Williams (1951), Cocks and Price (1975); it was recombined as Hindella crassa incipiens by Sheehan (1977), Rong and Li (1999); it was recombined as Hindella incipiens by Williams and Wright (1981), Cocks (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens Williams
1951Meristina crassa incipiens Williams p. 112 figs. pl. 6 f. 14-17
1975Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens Cocks and Price p. 716 figs. pl. 84 f. 3
1977Hindella crassa incipiens Sheehan p. 34 figs. pl. 2 f. 22-24
1981Hindella incipiens Williams and Wright
1999Hindella crassa incipiens Rong and Li p. 847 figs. 15.1-15.4, 15.6-15.9
2014Hindella incipiens Cocks p. 82 fig. 26P

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyMeristelloideaWaagen 1883
familyMeristellidaeWaagen 1883
subfamilyMeristellinaeWaagen 1883
genusHindella
speciesincipiens()

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.

†Hindella incipiens Williams 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 08:53:23
Modified: 2009-06-03 10:53:23
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Cautleyan to the top of the Rhuddanian or 449.20000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarne) Hindella incipiens (73451 73452)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Cryptothyrella crassa (8291)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Guizhou) Hindella crassa (151935 153000 153002 153004 153320)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Wales) Cryptothyrella crassa (153336) Hindella crassa (152183) Hindella incipiens (8384 8385 8387 8388 8392 8403 8404 8405)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Hubei) Hindella crassa (151939 151941)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Sichuan) Hindella crassa (61387)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Yunnan) Hindella crassa (192501)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Latvia Hindella crassa (173393 173394 173408 173418 173419 173426 173446 173448 173463 173467 173470 173473 173480 173482 173491 173494 173495 173529 173537 173541 173690)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia Hindella crassa (173432 173454)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Hindella crassa (153092) Hindella incipiens (152984 152985 153014 153015 153017 153018 153020)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Lithuania Hindella crassa (173540)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5China (Guizhou) Hindella crassa (151932 151933 151934)