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Pseudolingula lewisii

Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae

Taxonomy
Lingula lewisii was named by Sowerby (1839) [Lingula Lewisii ]. Its type specimen is GSM Geol. Soc. Coll. 6633 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudolingula lewisii by Cocks and Popov (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. granulata, P. imperfecta, P. spatula

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Lingula lewisii Sowerby p. 165 figs. pl. 6, fig. 9.
1839Lingula lata Sowerby p. 618 figs. pl. 8, fig. 11
2009Pseudolingula lewisii Cocks and Popov pp. 352 - 355 figs. Plate 1, figures 1–11, 13, 14; Plate 3, figures 14, 19–20, 22; Text-figure 1A

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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
familyPseudolingulidae
genusPseudolingulaMickwitz 1909
specieslewisii(Sowerby 1839)

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.

†Pseudolingula lewisii Sowerby 1839
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Invalid names: Lingula lata Sowerby 1839 [synonym]
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: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 16:10:33
Modified: 2009-06-04 18:10:33
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Ludfordian or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (England) Lingula lata (23159 23161) Lingula lewisii (480 23205 23209 23210 23211 23213)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) Lingula lewisii (74670 74671)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Lingula lewisii (478 479)
Ludlow - Elton426.7 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) Lingula lewisii (74672)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Lingula lata (8297 8303 8307 8309 8310 8314 8315 8322 23112) Lingula lata, Lingula lewisii (8308 23110)