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Schizophoria depressa

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy

Schizophoria depressa was named by Easton (1962). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. allani, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskiensis, S. bisinuata, S. compacta, S. connivens, S. fascicostella, S. fecunda, S. fossula, S. fragilis, S. latisulcata, S. lianghetangensis, S. mayesensis, S. mcfarlanei, S. multistriata, S. nevadensis, S. protonevadensis, S. runegatensis, S. shubarica, S. similis, S. striatula, S. texana, S. athabaskensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1962	Schizophoria depressa Easton

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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	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schizophoriidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
genus	Schizophoria
species	depressa

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.

†Schizophoria depressa Easton 1962

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-04 09:19:35

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:19:35

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Alportian or 330.90000 to 321.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chesterian	335.5 - 323.2	USA (Wyoming)	Schizophoria depressa (5714)
Chesterian - Alportian	335.5 - 321.8	USA (Wyoming)	Schizophoria depressa (5720)
Serpukhovian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (Idaho)	Schizophoria depressa (93282 93285)
Serpukhovian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (Montana)	Schizophoria depressa (5628 5639 5652)
Morrowan	323.2 - 318.6	USA (Wyoming)	Schizophoria depressa (5728)
Morrowan	323.2 - 318.6	USA (Nevada)	Schizophoria depressa (144019)