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Nubialba forbesi

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae

Taxonomy
Nubialba forbesi was named by Neuman (1994). Its type specimen is USNM 465231, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Drainage ditch on the south side of Dudley Road, 70 m west of end of Turner Rd., which is in an Ashgill deep subtidal siltstone in the Pyle Mountain Argillite Formation of Maine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Nubialba forbesi Neuman pp. 1231 - 1232 figs. 6.1-6.40, 8

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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
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyChristianiidaeWilliams 1953
genusNubialba
speciesforbesi

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.

Nubialba forbesi Neuman 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:34:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:00:08
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Maine) Nubialba forbesi (type locality: 185954)