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Poikilosakos informis

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Taxonomy
Poikilosakos informis was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 152619a, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM705a, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Poikilosakos informis Cooper and Grant pp. 391-392 figs. Pl 132, figs 22-37

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyLyttonioidea
familyLyttoniidae
subfamilyPoikilosakinaeWilliams 1953
genusPoikilosakosWatson 1917
speciesinformis

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.

Poikilosakos informis Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Poikilosakos informis (type locality: 43534 75865 81726 81848 81860) Poikilosakos petaloides (81724)