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Squamularia

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Squamularia was named by Gemmellaro (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1128]. Its type is Squamularia rotundata.

It was reranked as Reticularia (Squamularia) by Diener (1903).

It was assigned to Reticularia by Diener (1903); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Reticulariinae by Shen et al. (2003) and Williams et al. (2006); and to Elythidae by Verna and Angiolini (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Squamularia Gemmellaro
1903Reticularia (Squamularia) Diener p. 87
2002Squamularia Sepkoski
2003Squamularia Shen et al. p. 247
2006Squamularia Williams et al. p. 1848
2011Squamularia Verna and Angiolini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
genusSquamularia

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. †Squamularia Gemmellaro 1899
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†Squamularia dieneri Gemmellaro 1899
†Squamularia marcouxi Verna and Angiolini 2011
†Squamularia ovalis Girty 1908
†Squamularia postgrandis Waterhouse 1983
†Squamularia pulcherrima Gemmellaro 1899
†Squamularia rotundata Gemmellaro 1899
†Squamularia superba Jin and Sun 1981
†Squamularia umbonalis Waterhouse 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height11310.05.2021.210.02.95

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the Changhsingian or 330.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) S. sp. (112174)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) S. sp. (112183)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Alaska) S. sp. (112188)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) S. sp. (111914 111915)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (91530)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) S. sp. (111913)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) S. sp. (106534)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) S. sp. (134313 134314)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer dieneri (129658)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Reticularia dieneri (119867)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) S. sp. (112191 112199 112226)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Spirifer dieneri (129690 129695)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia Phricodothyris suborbicularis (116246)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guangxi) S. sp. (134329 134332)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) S. sp. (134340)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Utah) S. sp. (148772 148774)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) S. sp. (148588 148658 148680 148681 148684 148687 148693 148696 148744 148745)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Sichuan) S. sp. (153926 153928)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman S. sp., S. marcouxi (166923)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51USA (California) S. sp. (132331)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Slovenia Reticularia dieneri (36241)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan S. sp. (125086)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Ukraine Neophricadothyris pulcherrima (102500) Permophricodothyris pulcherrima (110837)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Greece (Khios) S. sp. (55766)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Turkey S. dieneri (107225) S. dieneri, S. marcouxi (107243) S. marcouxi (107228 107240) S. rotundata (107222) S. sp., S. dieneri, S. marcouxi, S. rotundata (107233) S. sp., S. marcouxi (107221) S. sp., S. marcouxi, S. rotundata (107227 107229 107231 107232)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) S. elegantuloides (109179 109257) S. sp. (112671)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman S. sp. (121859 121879 121880)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) S. sp. (109334)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Reticularia pulcherrima (108567) S. dieneri, S. rotundata, Reticularia pulcherrima (108566)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Neophricadothyris asiatica (43293 43295)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran S. sp. A, S. sp. B (125241) S. sp. B (125244 125248 125249)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan S. sp. (50773)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Turkey S. marcouxi (107245) S. rotundata (107251) S. sp., S. rotundata (107268)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Xizang) S. sp. (117547)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran S. sp. A (125252 125265)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) S. sp. (153936)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) S. elegantuloides (31446)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) S. sp. (95518)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Chongqing) S. sp. (156831 156837 156842) S. spp. (156827)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Reticularia pulcherrima (132466)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) S. elegantuloides (120807)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan S. pulcherrima (126297) S. sp. (125891 126007 126459 126994)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Reticularia pulcherrima (230327) S. superba (110087)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) S. sp. (156800 156804 156807 156809)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) S. sp. (112000 112108 136247)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Reticularia pulcherrima, Reticularia dieneri (230328)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) S. sp. (156815 156816)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) S. sp. (148550 148555 149259 149260 149269 149273 156849 156853)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan S. sp. (126933)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand S. postgrandis (42776)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) S. sp. (112431)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China S. sp. (221339 221342)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) S. sp. (187558)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Nepal S. umbonalis (120508 120520)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) S. sp. (111636)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) S. elegantuloides (120802) S. sp. (31420 120799)