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Spiriferella supplanta

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella supplanta was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR558 and is a mold. Its type locality is GS6070, Letham Burn, (D44/f9621), which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Spiriferella supplanta Waterhouse p. 141 figs. Pl 27, figs 3,4,6; pl 28, figs 1-6; pl 29, figs 1-7; text-figs 67a,b,d,e,68,69a,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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()
speciessupplanta

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.

Spiriferella supplanta Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height316.615.019.016.02.08

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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3New Zealand (Southland) Spiriferella supplanta (type locality: 41776)