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Wellerella multiplicata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella multiplicata was named by Cooper (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 125467 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S87, Mills Sheep Camp, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creeks, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Wellerella multiplicata Cooper p. 49 figs. Pl 10, figs 7-11

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella
speciesmultiplicata

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.

Wellerella multiplicata Cooper 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height28.427.809.108.450.919

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Kungurian or 313.80000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (New Mexico) Wellerella multiplicata (10079)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oregon) Wellerella multiplicata (type locality: 41275)