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Waagenoconcha elegantula

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoconcha elegantula was named by Lee and Gu (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Miaoling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Waagenoconcha elegantula Lee and Gu p. 365 figs. Pl 170, figs 13,18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyEchinoconchoidea
familyEchinoconchidae
subfamilyJuresaniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeWaagenoconchiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusWaagenoconcha
specieselegantula

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.

Waagenoconcha elegantula Lee and Gu 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) Waagenoconcha elegantula (type locality: 111179)