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Maorielasma inflata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Taxonomy
Maorielasma inflata was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQF 74258 and is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4571, Rose's Pride Mine, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Maorielasma inflata Waterhouse p. 47 figs. Pl 13, figs 17-19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyGillediidae
subfamilyGillediinae
genusMaorielasma
speciesinflata

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Maorielasma inflata Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Broad shells well inflated at maturity, with large foramen and fine punctae, large brachidium.