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Deloprosopus jiangshanensis

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Virgianidae

Taxonomy
Eoconchidium jiangshanensis was named by Liu et al. (1983) [Liang in Liu, Xu & Liang 1983 = Tcherskidium sp. RONG AND HAN, 1986, p. 485, pl. 1, figs. 1–3, 5, 7, 8.]. Its type specimen is ZIG01501, a valve (internal mold of conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiangshan, which is in an Ashgill coastal shale/limestone in the Changwu Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tcherskidium jiangshanensis by Zhan and Cocks (1998); it was recombined as Deloprosopus jiangshanensis by Jin et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Eoconchidium jiangshanensis Liu et al. p. 283 figs. pl. 95, figs. 9–13
1998Tcherskidium jiangshanensis Zhan and Cocks p. 53 figs. pl. 7 f. 16-19; pl. 8 f. 1, 5
2006Deloprosopus jiangshanensis Jin et al. pp. 76 - 77, Appendix 2 figs. 1.1–1.5, 4

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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
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderPentameridinaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamilyPentameroideaMcCoy 1844
familyVirgianidaeBoucot and Amsden 1963
subfamilyVirgianinaeBoucot and Amsden 1963
genusDeloprosopus
speciesjiangshanensis(Liu et al. 1983)

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.

†Deloprosopus jiangshanensis Liu et al. 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:38:21
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:38:21
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Jiangxi) Tcherskidium jiangshanensis (186241 186244 186247 186249 186251 186273 186276 186277 186278)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Zhejiang) Eoconchidium jiangshanensis (type locality: 164172)