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Johndearia magna

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Ingelarella magna was named by Campbell (1960). Its type specimen is GSQ F2051, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Marine Gully M137, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Tomiopsis magna by Waterhouse (1971), Waterhouse (1983), Waterhouse (1987) and Clarke (1987); it was recombined as Martiniopsis magna by Clarke (1973); it was recombined as Johndearia magna by Waterhouse (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ingelarella magna Campbell p. 1117 figs. Pl 140, figs 1-4
1971Tomiopsis magna Waterhouse p. 77 figs. Pl 17, figs 1,2,4,5,9,10
1973Martiniopsis magna Clarke p. 59
1978Ingelarella magna McClung p. 47 figs. Pl 8, fig 8
1983Tomiopsis magna Waterhouse p. 245 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7,13
1987Tomiopsis magna Clarke p. 273 figs. 9A-G
1987Tomiopsis magna Waterhouse p. 35 figs. Pl 11, fig 2
1998Johndearia magna Waterhouse

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyIngelarellinae
genusJohndearia
speciesmagna()

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.

Johndearia magna Campbell 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1971Large transverse specimens, sulcus and fold arising well in front of umbones, sulcus with median swelling, but no subplicae; fold with median depression. Plicae low and few. Adminicula well spaced, of moderate length. Tabellae well spaced, also of moderate length.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height232.930.036.033.04.24

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
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 Capitanian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Ingelarella magna (136291)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Nunavut) Tomiopsis magna (52143)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) Tomiopsis magna (51326)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Australia (Queensland) Tomiopsis magna (104741 104742 105131)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Ingelarella magna (105013 type locality: 105014) Tomiopsis magna (104740 104762 104763 104766 104771 105132 120332)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Tasmania) Martiniopsis magna (82836 83176 86153 105429 105430 105431 105434) Tomiopsis magna (51324)