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Zygospira resupinata

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae

Taxonomy

Zygospira resupinata was named by Wang (1949). Its type specimen is SUI 1873 and is a 3D body fossil.

Subspecies

Z. multicostata

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Z. carinata, Z. cincinnatiensis, Z. circularis, Z. plinthii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1949	Zygospira resupinata Wang
1965	Zygospira resupinata Howe p. 653
1977	Zygospira resupinata Copper p. 302

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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	Atrypida	Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborder	Anazygidina	Copper 1996
superfamily	Anazygoidea	Davidson 1883
family	Anazygidae	Davidson 1883
subfamily	Anazyginae	Davidson 1883
genus	Zygospira
species	resupinata	Wang 1949

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.

†Zygospira resupinata Wang 1949

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†Zygospira resupinata multicostata Howe 1965

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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:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Folds:

minorg

Ribbing:

majorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-02 14:08:57

Modified:

2009-07-20 15:29:41

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

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

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian	451.0 - 449.6	USA (Texas)	Zygospira resupinata (165312)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	Canada (Manitoba)	Zygospira resupinata (166455 166463)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	USA (New Mexico)	Zygospira resupinata (165282 165343 165345)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	USA (Texas)	Zygospira resupinata (165280 165313 165322)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	Canada (Manitoba)	Zygospira resupinata (166500 192101)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	USA (Iowa)	Zygospira resupinata (13204 13260)
Richmondian - Gamachian	449.6 - 443.1	Canada (Manitoba)	Zygospira resupinata (23011 23013)