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Craspedona newelli

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Craspedona newelli was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 154172a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Craspedona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Craspedona newelli Cooper and Grant pp. 882-883 figs. Pl 254, figs 1-27

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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
subfamilyInstitellinae
genusCraspedona
speciesnewelli

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.

Craspedona newelli Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.976.408.006.800.712

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 23:08:57
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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Craspedona newelli (81693)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Craspedona newelli (81619 81939 101867 102619 105896 106108 106139 106244 106245 106299)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Craspedona newelli (81623 81706 105894 105895 106243 106246 106248 106249)