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Biplicatoria ferruginea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Biplicatoria ferruginea was named by Cooper (1983). Its type specimen is USNM 550946, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk (Red Chalk), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Biplicatoria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Biplicatoria ferruginea Cooper p. 175 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-6

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusBiplicatoria
speciesferruginea

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.

Biplicatoria ferruginea Cooper 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.6

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom Biplicatoria ferruginea (type locality: 169626)