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Waterhouseiella speciosa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Waagenites speciosus was named by Waterhouse and Piyasin (1970). Its type specimen is University of Toronto B156 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Waterhouseiella speciosa by Archbold (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Waagenites speciosus Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 112 figs. Pl 17, figs 9-30; Pl 18, figs 1-21; Pl 19, figs 1-8; text-figs 6,18,21
1970Neochonetes sakagamii Yanagida p. 84 figs. Pl 15, figs 3-9
1976Waagenites speciosus Grant p. 80 figs. Pl 17, figs 20-22
1980Waagenites speciosus Lee and Gu p. 343 figs. Pl 160, fig 15; pl 163, fig 25
1983Waterhouseiella speciosa Archbold p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyPlicochonetinaeSokolskaja 1960
tribeRugariini
genusWaterhouseiella
speciesspeciosa()

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.

†Waterhouseiella speciosa Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Invalid names: Neochonetes sakagamii Yanagida 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height342.030.7006.401.551.53

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Waterhouseiella speciosa (75565 75567)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Ratchaburi) Waagenites speciosus (40936)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Neochonetes sakagamii (116879) Waagenites speciosus (40954)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) Waagenites speciosus (111150)