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Wellerella lemasi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella lemasi was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 115541 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM806h, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Wellerella lemasi Cooper p. 51 figs. Pl 16, figs 28-54
1980Wellerella lemasi Lee and Gu p. 393 figs. Pl 174, fig 6
2019Wellerella lemasi Torres-Martínez et al. p. 615 figs. 4i-m

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella
specieslemasi

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.

Wellerella lemasi Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height711.78.2018.810.44.04

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

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

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Chiapas) Wellerella lemasi (198600)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) Wellerella lemasi (40810 40811 40812 40813 40815 40816 type locality: 40818 40820 40821 40823 40839 40840 40844 40846)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Wellerella lemasi (111185)