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Amygdalocosta rara

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Amygdalocosta rara was named by Waterhouse (1967). Its type specimen is NZGS BR844 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS7358, Productus Creek (D44/f9876), which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Wairaki Breccia Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Amygdalocosta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Amygdalocosta rara Waterhouse p. 103 fig. 9C,44,47

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusAmygdalocosta
speciesrara

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.

Amygdalocosta rara Waterhouse 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand Amygdalocosta rara (7276 type locality: 52776 52781)