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Pseudolingula quadrata

Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae

Taxonomy
Crania quadrata was named by Eichwald (1829). It is the type species of Pseudolingula.

It was recombined as Lingula quadrata by d'Eichwald (1856); it was recombined as Pseudolingula quadrata by Mickwitz (1909), Holmer (1989), Fu et al. (2026).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. granulata, P. imperfecta, P. spatula
Entered
by B. Kröger on 2018-03-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Crania quadrata Eichwald p. 273 fig. 4
1829Crania quadrata d'Eichwald p. 273 fig. 4
1856Lingula quadrata d'Eichwald p. 452
1909Pseudolingula quadrata Mickwitz pp. 765 - 772 fig. 3
1989Pseudolingula quadrata Holmer
2026Pseudolingula quadrata Fu et al. pp. 15-16 figs. 2, 8, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyPseudolingulidae
genusPseudolingulaMickwitz 1909
speciesquadrata(Eichwald 1829)

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.

†Pseudolingula quadrata Eichwald 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 16:10:33
Modified: 2009-06-04 18:10:33
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Nabala or 458.20000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Gansu) Pseudolingula quadrata (278633)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Russian Federation (Pskov oblast) Pseudolingula quadrata (235819)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Hiiu) Pseudolingula quadrata (168971)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia Pseudolingula quadrata (168979)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Lääne) Pseudolingula quadrata (195649 195650)