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Psilocamara saginatum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae

Taxonomy
Psilocamara saginatum was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR451 and is a mold. Its type locality is GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Psilocamara saginatum Waterhouse p. 103 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-14; text-figs 43-46

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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
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyPsilocamaridae
subfamilyPsilocamarinae
genusPsilocamara
speciessaginatum

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.

Psilocamara saginatum Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height314.712.518.014.12.83

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3New Zealand (Southland) Psilocamara saginatum (type locality: 41775)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (New South Wales) Psilocamara saginatum (102760)