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Mesopunctia extensa

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Notospirifer extensus was named by Campbell (1961). Its type specimen is UQ F21959 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Minerva Homestead, Springsure, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Cattle Creek Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Mesopunctia extensa by Waterhouse (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Notospirifer extensus Campbell p. 187 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-4
1998Mesopunctia extensa Waterhouse p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyGlendoniinae
genusMesopunctia
speciesextensa()

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.

Mesopunctia extensa Campbell 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height319.215.628.515.87.39

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Notospirifer extensus (101575)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Notospirifer extensus (95418 101583 103429 103439 type locality: 105021)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Queensland) Notospirifer extensus (105022)