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Oepikina lata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Rafinesquina lata was named by Whiteaves (1896). Its type specimen is GSC 4391 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oepikina lata by Jin et al. (1995), Jin and Zhan (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2015-02-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Rafinesquina lata Whiteaves p. 392
1897Rafinesquina lata Whiteaves p. 172 figs. pl. 19, figs. 2, 2a, 4, 5.
1995Oepikina lata Jin et al. p. 1264 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2; pl. 3, figs. 1-8
2001Oepikina lata Jin and Zhan p. 41 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 1-13; Pl. 11, figs. 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusOepikina()
specieslata(Whiteaves 1896)

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.

Oepikina lata Whiteaves 1896
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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
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 11:56:20
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:56:20
Source: g = genus, o = order, 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 (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Oepikina lata (34813 166398 166403 166407 166410) Rafinesquina lata (14120 23009 23010)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Rafinesquina lata (188769)