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Petrocrania septifera

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Petrocrania septifera was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 151422, a valve, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM731, Pinyon Tank, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Petrocrania septifera Cooper and Grant p. 250 figs. Pl 28, figs 39-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusPetrocraniaRaymond 1910
speciesseptifera

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.

Petrocrania septifera Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height12.00

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-06 10:28:58
Modified: 2009-07-20 09:28:04
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Williams et al. 1996

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Petrocrania septifera (type locality: 101867 105896)