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Joleaudella yimgantauensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis was named by Yü (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is III-2062/3 Yimgantau, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Saergan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Joleaudella yimgantauensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis p. 367 figs. pl. 1 f. 18-20; pl. 2 f. 16
2023Joleaudella yimgantauensis Wagner p. 6034

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusJoleaudella()
speciesyimgantauensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Telychian or 469.40000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis (157648)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Jiangsu) Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis (56661)