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Retimarginifera auriculata

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Taxonomy
Retimarginifera auriculata was named by Viaretti et al. (2022). Its type specimen is MPUM12552, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WKJ, Wadi Khawr al Jaramah, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Retimarginifera auriculata Viaretti et al. p. 654 figs. Pl 1, figs 21-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
familyPaucispiniferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyPaucispiniferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePaucispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusRetimarginifera
speciesauriculata

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.

Retimarginifera auriculata Viaretti et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height176.794.9011.66.801.52

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Oman Retimarginifera auriculata (type locality: 166923)