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Waagenites aequicosta

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Chonetes aequicosta was named by Waagen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Waagenites aequicosta by Lee and Gu (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Chonetes aequicosta Waagen p. 639 figs. Pl 60, fig 7
1944Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta Reed
1980Waagenites aequicosta Lee and Gu p. 341 figs. Pl 160, figs 9,12

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilyPlicochonetinaeSokolskaja 1960
tribeRugariini
genusWaagenitesPaeckelmann 1930
speciesaequicosta()

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.

Waagenites aequicosta Waagen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.00

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 268.80000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9China (Nei Mongol) Waagenites aequicosta (111185)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Chonetes aequicosta (type locality: 90253 126293 126458 126940 126941 126984 127025)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Chonetes aequicosta (126998)