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Ctenalosia transversa

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Ctenalosia transversa was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 152644d, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM762, Little Wind River, which is in a Wuchiapingian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ctenalosia transversa Cooper and Grant pp. 807-808 figs. Pl 198, figs 1-19

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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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyCtenalosiinae
genusCtenalosia
speciestransversa

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.

Ctenalosia transversa Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height41.791.103.001.850.904

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Ctenalosia transversa (105510 type locality: 105512)