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Orbiculoidea prietana

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Orbiculoidea prietana was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26912/2:1, a valve (Dorsal valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is AMNH309, Pan de Azucar, Amotape Mountains, which is in a Bashkirian/Moscovian marine horizon in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Orbiculoidea prietana Chronic p. 53
1953Orbiculoidea prietana Chronic p. 51 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a-4b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciesprietana

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.

Orbiculoidea prietana Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height28.948.0010.09.001.41

Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Moscovian or 323.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Peru (Piura) Orbiculoidea prietana (41389 type locality: 41390 41391 41392)