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Kjaerina

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Kjaerina Bancroft
1957Rafinesquina (Kjaerina) Spjeldnaes p. 168
1993Kjaerina Roomusoks
2000Kjaerina Williams et al. p. 239
2002Kjaerina Sepkoski
2004Kjaerina Roomusoks
2010Kjaerina Cocks
2015Kjaerina Congreve et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyRafinesquinidaeSchuchert 1893
genusKjaerinaBancroft 1929

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.

G. †Kjaerina Bancroft 1929
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Subg. †Kjaerina (Villasina) Colmenar 2016
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†Kjaerina bipartita Salter 1854
†Kjaerina complanata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
†Kjaerina hartae Jin et al. 1995
†Kjaerina hedstroemi Bancroft 1929
†Kjaerina jonesi Bancroft 1929
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Invalid names: Kjaerina horderleyensis Bancroft 1929 [synonym], Kjaerina intermedia Bancroft 1929 [synonym], Kjaerina latericostata Cocks 2010 [synonym], Kjaerina richteri Bancroft 1929 [synonym]
†Kjaerina lepta Spjeldnaes 1957
†Kjaerina orvikui Oraspold 1956
†Kjaerina poljensis Alichova 1951
†Kjaerina poljiensis Alichova 1951
†Kjaerina typa Bancroft 1929
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Invalid names: Kjaerina geniculata Bancroft 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 11:29:03
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:29:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Late/Upper Ordovician or 457.90000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Shropshire) K. sp. (45278 45279)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (188595)
Harnagian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (43634)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Ireland (Leinster) K. sp. (55684)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (3301)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Wales) K. complanata (173758)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom K. bipartita (173759)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) K. complanata (173730)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. jonesi (192427)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) K. sp. (3648 3649) K. typa (3653)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway K. sp. (2948)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (3368)
Aurelucian - Burrellian458.4 - 452.5United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (173773)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Bolivia K. sp. (8848)
Caradoc - Katian458.4 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) K. pyrenaica (196925)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Estonia K. poljensis (144639) K. poljensis, K. orvikui (144637)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Spain (Cuidad Real) Hedstroemina almadenensis (21100)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. jonesi (173770) K. sp., K. hedstroemi, K. jonesi (192388 192389)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Shropshire) K. geniculata (194823)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) K. sp., K. hedstroemi, K. jonesi (3304)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0Norway K. lepta (2763)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (192402)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (3305)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Wales) K. hedstroemi (173789) K. jonesi (173771 173790 173801)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Latvia Rafinesquina poljensis (207211)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Lithuania Rafinesquina poljensis (195479 207210)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Sibila) K. orvikui (37805)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia K. poljensis, K. orvikui (168742) Rafinesquina poljensis (197550)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Kuusiku) K. poljensis, K. orvikui (37777)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Lääne-Viru) K. poljensis (168637 169027)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Lithuania K. poljensis (192438) K. sp. (192878)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Rookula) K. sp., K. poljensis (37773)
Oandu - Rakvere453.0 - 450.5Norway Rajinesquina lepta (167239)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Spain (Gerona) K. pyrenaica (196924)
Cheneyan - Marshbrookian452.5 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) K. typa (173752 173767 173769 173800)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Wales) K. bipartita (173768 173774) K. jonesi (173751) K. typa (173754)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway Rafinesquina lepta (194817)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) K. hartae (166449)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) K. hartae (34813 166398 166401 166405 166419 166455 166463)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Norway (Trondheim) K. sp. (55724)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) K. sp. (8291)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) K. sp. (3667)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) K. sp. (365)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) K. sp. (439)