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Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy

Anisopleurella ampla was named by Nikitin and Popov (1996). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is F-1014. Sortan-Manai salt marsh, Betpak-Dala desert, mud mound, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm floatstone in the Dulankara Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla by Popov and Cocks (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. aequicostellata, S. austrum, S. cava, S. crassa, S. delicatula, S. eximia, S. gigantea C, S. indistincta, S. levanonensis, S. millinensis, S. minuta, S. negrita, S. pisum, S. pleba, S. plebia, S. plicatellus, S. plicatifera, S. ringsakerensis, S. senaria, S. sericea, S. sladenisis, S. variabilis, S. vulgata, S. minor, S. plana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1996	Anisopleurella ampla Nikitin and Popov
2006	Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla Popov and Cocks pp. 270 - 271 figs. Plate 5, figures 15–21, 25

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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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930
subfamily	Sowerbyellinae	Opik 1930
genus	Sowerbyella	Jones 1928
subgenus	Sowerbyella	Jones 1928
species	ampla	()

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.

†Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

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:

2009-04-13 09:02:41

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:01:17

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

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

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Cautleyan or 458.20000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sandbian	458.2 - 452.8	Kazakhstan	Sowerbyella ampla (80208)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Kazakhstan	Sowerbyella ampla (80207 80209 80210 80213 80214 80215 80217 80218)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Kazakhstan	Anisopleurella ampla (type locality: 80173) Sowerbyella ampla (185962 204072 204073 204074 204075 204076)
Cautleyan	449.2 - 448.8	Kazakhstan (Central)	Sowerbyella ampla (52737)