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Billingsella bivia

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae

Taxonomy
Billingsella bivia was named by Walcott (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UNSM loc. 14l, Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range, which is in a Dyeran coastal sandstone in the Carrara Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Billingsella bivia Walcott p. 750 figs. Text figures 65A-C

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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
orderBillingsellida
suborderBillingsellidina
superfamilyBillingselloidea
familyBillingsellidae
genusBillingsella
speciesbivia

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.

Billingsella bivia Walcott 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-11 12:14:26
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:04:41
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Billingsella bivia (226565 type locality: 226569)