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Marginifera (Marginifera) drastica

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy
Marginifera drastica was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 212282, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9270, Phangnga, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

It was recombined as Marginifera (Marginifera) drastica by Chen and Shi (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Marginifera drastica Grant pp. 110-112 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-23
1999Marginifera drastica Yanagida and Nakornsri p. 129 figs. Pl 29, figs 2,3,5-9
2006Marginifera (Marginifera) drastica Chen and Shi p. 142 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-18; text-fig 13

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
tribeMarginiferini
genusMarginifera
subgenusMarginifera
speciesdrastica()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height45.574.008.005.752.17
valve height914.78.7324.013.65.28

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xinjiang) Marginifera drastica (62718 62815 62816 62819 62823 62825 62827)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Marginifera drastica (type locality: 40868)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Thailand (Ratchaburi) Marginifera elongata (40954)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Thailand Marginifera drastica (120918 120920)