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Sinotubulites
Taxonomy
Sinotubulites was named by Chen et al. (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: V N-Da Sepkoski's reference number: 702,1006]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Coleolidae by McMenamin (1985); to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cloudinidae by Vinn et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Coleolidae by McMenamin (1985); to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cloudinidae by Vinn et al. (2025).
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2024-10-11
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Sinotubulites Chen et al. |
| 1985 | Sinotubulites McMenamin p. 1416 |
| 2002 | Sinotubulites Sepkoski |
| 2025 | Sinotubulites Vinn et al. p. 31 |
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G. †Sinotubulites Chen et al. 1981
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†Sinotubulites baimatuoensis Chen et al. 1981
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Invalid names: Sinotubulites cienegensis McMenamin 1985 [synonym]
†Sinotubulites hexagonus Cai et al. 2015
†Sinotubulites pentacarinalis Cai et al. 2015
†Sinotubulites triangularis Cai et al. 2015
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. A. S. McMenamin 1985 | Nearly cylindrical to weakly tapering calcareous tubular shells with irreg- ular annulating rings (ribs transverse to the growth axis), striae, bands, or annular depres- sions on the outer shell surface which may be oblique or normal to the shell growth axis. Wide variation in shape and spacing of an- nulae; annular ornamentation connected and/ or cut across by longitudinal ridges parallel or oblique to growth axis. |
Measurements
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Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ediacaran | Namibia | S. baimatuoensis (237213 237384) | |
| Ediacaran | Mexico | S. sp. (10665) | |
| Ediacaran | Mexico (Sonora) | S. cienegensis (10578 10579 10580 10581) | |
| Ediacaran | China (Hubei) | S. baimatuoensis (10498) | |
| Ediacaran | China (Shaanxi) | S. baimatuoensis (278715) S. baimatuoensis, S. hexagonus, S. pentacarinalis, S. triangularis (200480) S. cienegensis (51735 86622) | |
| Ediacaran | USA (Nevada) | S. cienegensis, Salanytheca sp. (10545) | |
| Ediacaran - Fortunian | Spain | S. baimatuoensis (205645) |