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Megakozlowskiella magnapleura

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae

Taxonomy
Megakozlowskiella magnapleura was named by Johnson (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 157283 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10726. Head of McColley Canyon, Sulphur Spring Range, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Megakozlowskiella magnapleura Johnson pp. 202 - 204 figs. Pl. 71, figs. 1-19

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyCyrtinopsidaeWedekind 1926
subfamilyCyrtinopsinaeWedekind 1926
genusMegakozlowskiella()
speciesmagnapleura

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. G. Johnson 1970Subquadrate Megakozlowskiella typically bearing four ventral plications.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Siegen to the top of the Emsian or 412.30000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Siegen412.3 - 409.1USA (Nevada) Megakozlowskiella magnapleura (164733 164821 164822)
Deer Parkian409.1 - 391.9USA (Nevada) Megakozlowskiella magnapleura (164689 164799 164800)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Nevada) Megakozlowskiella magnapleura (type locality: 164794)