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Katastrophomena maxima

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy

Katastrophomena maxima was named by Rong et al. (1974).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1974	Katastrophomena maxima Rong et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Strophomenoidea	King 1846
family	Furcitellidae	(Williams 1965)
genus	Katastrophomena	Cocks 1968
species	maxima	Rong et al. 1974

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.

†Katastrophomena maxima Rong et al. 1974

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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

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-10 11:55:14

Modified:

2009-06-10 13:55:14

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.10000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian	443.1 - 440.5	China (Guizhou)	Katastrophomena maxima (151956 151957 151960)
Aeronian	440.5 - 438.6	China (Hubei)	Katastrophomena maxima (27813)