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Lingulasma whitfieldi

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae

Taxonomy
Lingula whitfieldi was named by Ulrich (1889). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lingulasma whitfieldi by Wagner (2023).

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-08-02; modified by P. Wagner on 2023-12-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Lingula whitfieldi Ulrich p. 381 figs. fig. 3
1915Lingula whitfieldi Bassler
2023Lingulasma whitfieldi Wagner

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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
familyLingulasmatidaeWinchell and Schuchert 1893
genusLingulasma
specieswhitfieldi(Ulrich 1889)

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.

Lingulasma whitfieldi Ulrich 1889
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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: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:59:52
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:59:52
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Lingula whitfieldi (26339)