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Gilledia pelicanensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Taxonomy
Gilledia pelicanensis was named by Campbell (1965). Its type specimen is GSQ F1485 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Coral Creek Mouth, Bowen River Coalfield, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Gilledia pelicanensis Campbell p. 87 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-9; pl 15, figs 5-7
1982Gilledia pelicanensis Waterhouse p. 68 figs. Pl 16l

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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
genusGilledia
speciespelicanensis

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.

Gilledia pelicanensis Campbell 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.112.932.622.29.86

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 Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Gilledia pelicanensis (105142 105151)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Gilledia pelicanensis (41789)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Gilledia pelicanensis (type locality: 90014 101582 103554 105161 105162)