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Tyloplecta nankingensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Taxonomy
Productus nankingensis was named by Frech (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nanjing Hills (von Richthofen coll), which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Qixia Formation of China. It is the type species of Tyloplecta.

It was recombined as Productus (Dictyoclostus) nankingensis by Huang (1933); it was recombined as Tyloplecta nankingensis by Termier and Termier (1970), Jin et al. (1974), Zhang and Jin (1976), Yang et al. (1977), Feng and Jiang (1978), Tong (1978), Wang et al. (1982), Zeng et al. (1995), Yanagida and Nakornsri (1999) and Shen et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Productus nankingensis Frech p. 163 figs. Pl 22, figs 3a-c
1932Productus nankingensis Huang p. 28 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-2
1933Productus (Dictyoclostus) nankingensis Huang p. 87 figs. Pl 11, figs 16, 17
1970Tyloplecta nankingensis Termier and Termier p. 457 fig. 11
1974Tyloplecta nankingensis Jin et al. p. 310 figs. Pl 163, figs 11-13
1976Tyloplecta nankingensis Zhang and Jin p. 180 figs. Pl 7, fig 15
1977Tyloplecta nankingensis Yang et al. p. 360 figs. Pl 142, fig 2
1978Tyloplecta nankingensis Feng and Jiang p. 258 figs. Pl 91, fig 9
1978Tyloplecta nankingensis Tong p. 229 figs. Pl 80, fig 9; pl 81, fig 2
1982Tyloplecta nankingensis Wang et al. p. 211 figs. Pl 81, figs 7,8; pl 84, fig 9; pl 87, figs 12,13
1995Tyloplecta nankingensis Zeng et al. figs. Pl 7, fig 1
1999Tyloplecta nankingensis Yanagida and Nakornsri p. 130 figs. Pl 30, fig 9
2017Tyloplecta nankingensis Shen et al. p. 713

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductidaeGray 1840
subfamilyLeioproductinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeTyloplectiniTermier and Termier 1970
genusTyloplectaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
speciesnankingensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height325.520.233.424.66.72

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

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Sichuan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (153927)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guizhou) Tyloplecta nankingensis (95961)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) Productus nankingensis (type locality: 120810)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hunan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (100064)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Sichuan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (153930 153931)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hunan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (100068 100071)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28China (Sichuan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (153932 153933 153934)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Productus nankingensis (110968 110969 110970)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Productus nankingensis (136243 136244) Tyloplecta nankingensis (108156 108161)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Tyloplecta nankingensis (121111)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Hunan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (100075 100078)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Sichuan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (98061 103447 153935)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Anhui) Tyloplecta nankingensis (97299 109852)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) Tyloplecta nankingensis (100101)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) Tyloplecta nankingensis (108182)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Chongqing) Tyloplecta nankingensis (103460 131987 131988 131989)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand Tyloplecta nankingensis (117108)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Tyloplecta nankingensis (107280 107281)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Chongqing) Tyloplecta nankingensis (131991)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Tyloplecta nankingensis (153936 153937 153938)