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Hypopsia versuta

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae

Taxonomy
Hypopsia versuta was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 152587i, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Hypopsia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Hypopsia versuta Cooper and Grant pp. 273-274 figs. Pl 31, figs 1-21; pl 32, figs 6-19; pl 43, fig 1

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyOrthotetoidea()
familyOrthotetellidae
genusHypopsia
speciesversuta

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.

Hypopsia versuta Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height110.7----
valve height87.432.0016.08.804.66

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Hypopsia versuta (43468)