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Zigzagopora wigleyensis

Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Sagenellidae

Taxonomy
Zigzagopora wigleyensis was named by Wilson and Taylor (2016). Its type specimen is NHMUK BZ 7750 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Echinoderm Zone, Wigley Quarry near Fittstown, which is in a Sandbian deep subtidal ramp grainstone/mudstone in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Zigzagopora.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Zigzagopora wigleyensis Wilson and Taylor p. 414 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTubuliporata
suborderPaleotubuliporinaBrood 1973
familySagenellidaeBrood 1975
genusZigzagopora
specieswigleyensis

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.

Zigzagopora wigleyensis Wilson and Taylor 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Sandbian or 458.20000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (Oklahoma) Zigzagopora wigleyensis (type locality: 239572 239573)