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Kafirnigania sulcata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae

Taxonomy
Kafirnigania sulcata was named by Kats (1962). Its type specimen is No. 4--771/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Babatag, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Uzbekistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Kafirnigania sulcata Kats p. 142 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 8a-b

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyTerebratelloideaKing 1850
familyDallinidaeBeecher 1893
subfamilyDallininaeBeecher 1893
genusKafirnigania
speciessulcata

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.

Kafirnigania sulcata Kats 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.864.907.005.951.48

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:24:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:24:57
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan Kafirnigania sulcata (type locality: 163695)