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Marginifera madagascariensis

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy

Productus gallatinensis madagascariensis was named by Astre (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ankitokazo, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal mudstone in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

It was recombined as Marginifera madagascariensis by Termier and Termier (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. chuchuhuai, M. cristobalensis, M. grandis, M. gratiosa, M. himalayaensis, M. manzanica, M. mapingensis, M. opima, M. pusilla, M. texana, M. transversa, M. typica, M. wabashenis, Productus gerassimovi, Productus gratiosus, Productus gratiosus, Productus helicus, Productus helicus, Productus wanneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1934	Productus gallatinensis madagascariensis Astre p. 66 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,14
1970	Marginifera madagascariensis Termier and Termier p. 450 fig. 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Productidina
superfamily	Marginiferoidea	(Stehli 1954)
tribe	Marginiferini
genus	Marginifera
species	madagascariensis	()

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.

†Marginifera madagascariensis Astre 1934

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalsubo

Diet:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:08:41

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:08:41

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Madagascar (Diana)	Productus gallatinensis (type locality: 81987)