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Watsonella crosbyi

Helcionelloida - Stenothecidae

Taxonomy
Watsonella crosbyi was named by Grabau (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Watsonella.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Watsonella crosbyi Grabau pp. 632 - 633 figs. pl. 1 f. 9a-f
1935Heraultia varensalensis Cobbold pp. 38-40 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-10
1974Heraultia sibirica Missarzhevsky p. 188 figs. pl. 24 f. 1-3
1976Heraultipegma varensalensis Pojeta and Runnegar p. 54 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 1-3
1976Watsonella crosbyi Pojeta and Runnegar p. 56 figs. pl. 3 f. 1-4
1982Heraultipegma yunnanensis He and Yang
1988Watsonella crosbyi Landing pp. 691 - 692 figs. f. 5.16-5.17, 5.20
1989Watsonella crosbyi Landing pp. 566 - 570 figs. f. 3
1989Watsonella crosbyi Landing et al. p. 765
1999Watsonella sibirica Gubanov et al. figs. f. 1F
2001Watsonella crosbyi Parkhaev p. 188 figs. Pl. XLII, figs. 15, 16
2003Watsonella yunnanensis Feng
2017Watsonella crosbyi Kouchinsky et al. p. 343
2023Watsonella crosbyi Wagner p. 5524

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
familyStenothecidae
genusWatsonella
speciescrosbyi

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.

†Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
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Invalid names: Heraultia varensalensis Cobbold 1935 [synonym], Watsonella sibirica Missarzhevsky 1974 [synonym], Watsonella yunnanensis He and Yang 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2008-03-19 13:44:22
Modified: 2008-03-19 15:44:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Stage 2 to the top of the Botomian or 529.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Heraultipegma sibirica (50419)
Placentian538.8 - 516.2USA (Massachusetts) Watsonella crosbyi (56829)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Heraultipegma varensalensis (107790)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Heraultipegma yunnanensis (96290 108309 108310 108311) Watsonella crosbyi (108764 201523 201552 201556 201559 201561 201562 201564 201565 201574 201576 201577 201578 201579 201580 201581 201586 201587 201588 201590)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) Heraultipegma varensalensis (107636)
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Heraultipegma yunnanensis (86664 96284 96285 96286 96287 96288 96289 96303)
Stage 2529.0 - 521.0France (Heraultia) Watsonella crosbyi (234355)
Stage 2529.0 - 521.0France (Herault) Watsonella crosbyi (239269 239438)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation Heraultipegma sibirica (90089)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Heraultipegma sibirica (50321)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Heraultia sibirica (96251 96394) Watsonella sibirica (80796 80809 80812)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Watsonella crosbyi (86665)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Heraultipegma sibirica (50314 50420)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Watsonella crosbyi (56958 56960 87109 87112 87322 87323 87324 87325 87327 87328 87330 87332 87334 87353 87355 87359 87361 87363 87364 87365)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Watsonella crosbyi (233167 233169)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Watsonella yunnanensis (49683)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Watsonella crosbyi (233206)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) Watsonella crosbyi (56830)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Saint Pierre and Miquelon Watsonella crosbyi (209143)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Watsonella crosbyi (97700 97701 97717)