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Maorielasma callosum

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Taxonomy
Maorielasma callosum was named by Campbell (1965) [Commonwealth Paleontological Collection, Canberra]. Its type specimen is CPC 5941, a shell (Articulated internal mould), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR Sp115, Sandy Creek, Springwood Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Ingelara Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Maorielasma callosum Campbell p. 96 figs. Pl 4, figs 20-25; pl 14, figs 1-8
1982Maorielasma callosum Waterhouse p. 65 figs. Pl 18e
1987Maorielasma callosum Waterhouse p. 48 figs. Pl 13, fig 23
1988Maorielasma callosum Parfrey p. 20 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3,6,7

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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
speciescallosum

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.

†Maorielasma callosum Campbell 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.8

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Maorielasma callosum (105012)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17New Zealand (Southland) Maorielasma callosum (39925 39926 39929 41768 41771)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Maorielasma callosum (82288 82290 83205 type locality: 85865 103021 103128 103132 103133 103134 103135 103136 103137 103143 105141 105148 120659 123235 133288 133289)