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Zeilleria opuatiaensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy
Zeilleria opuatiaensis was named by MacFarlan (2016). Its type specimen is AU B454, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 7446, Opuatia Cliff (R13/f6613), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Zeilleria opuatiaensis MacFarlan p. 488 figs. 17.1-17.9

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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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyZeillerioideaAllan 1940
familyZeilleriidaeAllan 1940
subfamilyZeilleriinaeAllan 1940
genusZeilleriaBayle 1878
speciesopuatiaensis

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.

†Zeilleria opuatiaensis MacFarlan 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.50

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:27:13
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:27:13
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3New Zealand Zeilleria opuatiaensis (182782)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1New Zealand Zeilleria opuatiaensis (133867 133868 133869 133871 type locality: 133873 133878 133879 182780 182781)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3New Zealand Zeilleria opuatiaensis (134087 134101 182740)