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Echinalosia discinia

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Taxonomy
Echinalosia discinia was named by Waterhouse (1986). Its type specimen is UQF 70303 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UQ L4218, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Echinalosia discinia Waterhouse pp. 28-30 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-17
1998Echinalosia discinia Briggs p. 86 figs. 45A-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyStrophalosiidae
subfamilyEchinalosiinae
genusEchinalosiaWaterhouse 1967
speciesdiscinia

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.

Echinalosia discinia Waterhouse 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Queensland) Echinalosia discinia (66276 type locality: 66278 66280 66281 66282 85901 104721 104731)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (New South Wales) Echinalosia discinia (85909 103706 103747 103837 103853 103945 104835 104836 104894)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Echinalosia discinia (103667 103699 103700 103701 103702)