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Tropidelasma corniculum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Tropidelasma corniculum was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 153562, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tropidelasma corniculum Cooper and Grant pp. 337-338 figs. Pl 58, figs 28-36

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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
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
speciescorniculum

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.

†Tropidelasma corniculum Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height237.037.037.037.0-

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

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Tropidelasma corniculum (43513)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Tropidelasma corniculum (43465 43554 43563 81640 101781 101783 102607 102610 102615 102621 105874 105875 106107 106109)