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Cathayspirina

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cathayspirina Liang p. 339
2004Cathayspirina Chen p. 42
2006Cathayspirina Williams et al. p. 1821

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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
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyBrachythyridoideaFrederiks 1924
familyBrachythyrididaeFredericks 1924
genusCathayspirina

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. †Cathayspirina Liang 1990
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Invalid names: Cathayspirina semicircularisa Liang 1990 [synonym]
Cathayspirina magna Tazawa 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height107.545.3016.07.153.24

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Xinjiang) C. fenshuijiangensis (105227 105228)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China C. fenshuijiangensis (35512)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) C. fenshuijiangensis, C. semicircularisa (95519)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan C. fengshuijiangensis (106722 106732) C. sp. (62292)