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Rhamnaria rectangulata

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Rhamnaria rectangulata was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149409a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703d, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rhamnaria rectangulata Cooper and Grant pp. 909-910 figs. Pl 261, figs 1-15

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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
subfamilyRhamnariinae
genusRhamnaria
speciesrectangulata

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.

Rhamnaria rectangulata Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.510.512.511.51.41

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Rhamnaria rectangulata (type locality: 43518)