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Fusichonetes pygmaea

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Fusichonetes pigmaea was named by Liao (1980). Its type specimen is NIGP 43500 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 28 (AJ-46), Anshun County, which is in a Changhsingian offshore mudstone/chert in China.

It was recombined as Plicochonetes pigmaea by Liao (1980); it was recombined as Waagenites pigmaea by Liao (1984), Liao (1987); it was recombined as Tethyochonetes pigmaea by Shen and Archbold (2002), He and Shi (2014); it was recombined as Tethyochonetes pygmaea by Zhang et al. (2013); it was considered a nomen nudum by Liao (1979); it was corrected as Fusichonetes pygmaea by Wu et al. (2017), Wu et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2019), He et al. (2019), Wu and Zhang (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Plicochonetes pigmaea Liao figs. Pl 4, figs 4-6
1980Fusichonetes pigmaea Liao p. 257 figs. Pl 1, fig 14
1982Fusichonetes pigmaea Wang et al. p. 200 figs. Pl 96, figs 8,9
1984Waagenites pigmaea Liao p. 279 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1987Waagenites pigmaea Liao p. 100 figs. Pl 3, fig 24
2002Tethyochonetes pigmaea Shen and Archbold p. 341 fig. 6F,G
2013Tethyochonetes pygmaea Zhang et al. p. 229 fig. 5F,G
2014Tethyochonetes pigmaea He and Shi p. 918 figs. 6A-H
2017Fusichonetes pigmaea Shen et al. p. 681
2017Fusichonetes pygmaea Wu et al.
2018Fusichonetes pygmaea Wu et al. p. 348 figs. 6J-M
2019Fusichonetes pygmaea He et al. p. 137 figs. 9.39, 9.40
2019Fusichonetes pygmaea Wu et al. p. 615 figs. 4O-R
2020Fusichonetes pygmaea Wu and Zhang p. 867 figs. 7E-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyRugosochonetinae
genusFusichonetes
speciespygmaea()

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.

Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Griesbachian or 254.14000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Anhui) Tethyochonetes pigmaea (136860 136866 136867 136869) Waagenites pigmaea (112371)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Fusichonetes pigmaea (95505) Fusichonetes pygmaea (220217 220218 220219 220220 220221 220222)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Fusichonetes pygmaea (91617 180415 197012 197014 197015 197016 197017 197026 197027 197028 197029 197030 197031 197032 197034 197035 197036 197037 197038 197039 197040 197041 197042 197043 197044) Plicochonetes pigmaea (type locality: 111987) Tethyochonetes pygmaea (145677 145679 145681 145682 145684 145685 145686 145687 145688 145689 163278) Waagenites pigmaea (117465 117475)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Fusichonetes pigmaea (94954) Tethyochonetes pigmaea (105212)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Waagenites pigmaea (112424)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Plicochonetes pigmaea (149275 149276) Waagenites pigmaea (94985 94987 94988)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Jiangsu) Waagenites pigmaea (112389)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Waagenites pigmaea (117502 117503)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Fusichonetes pigmaea (111652)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Waagenites pigmaea (112402)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Anhui) Waagenites pigmaea (112387)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Tethyochonetes pigmaea (105221) Waagenites pigmaea (43789)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Fujian) Fusichonetes pigmaea (63514) Waagenites pigmaea (120035)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) Fusichonetes pigmaea (149224 149225)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Jiangsu) Waagenites pigmaea (112390)