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Mcewanella dorsisulcata

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae

Taxonomy

Mcewanella dorsisulcata was named by Wright (1964).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Mcewanella dorsisulcata Wright
1984	Mcewanella dorsisulcata Harper and Owen pp. 27 - 28 figs. pl. 2 f. 11, 15, 21-22

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Plectorthoidea	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
family	Platystrophiidae	Schuchert 1929
genus	Mcewanella	Foerste 1920
species	dorsisulcata

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.

†Mcewanella dorsisulcata Wright 1964

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 10:01:32

Modified:

2009-07-20 15:28:14

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: base of the Marshbrookian to the top of the Cautleyan or 455.00000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Marshbrookian - Actonian	455.0 - 453.0	Norway (Hadeland)	Mcewanella dorsisulcata (166927 166942)
Cautleyan	449.2 - 448.8	Ireland (Leinster)	Mcewanella dorsisulcata (89130)