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Rhamnaria tenuispinosa

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Rhamnaria tenuispinosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149359a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rhamnaria tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant pp. 911-913 figs. Pl 259, figs 1-33; pl 260, figs 1-28; pl 261, figs 16-41; pl 262, fig 1

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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
speciestenuispinosa

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 tenuispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1311.24.7022.012.05.00

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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Rhamnaria tenuispinosa (43459 43491 43492 43494 43495 43510 43513 43514 43515 43516 43517 44519 44565 81638 81644 81651 101785 101811 105687 105746 105804 105879 105931 105935 105939 105940 106114 106121)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Rhamnaria tenuispinosa (43512 43518 43563 43598 81640 101781 101783 101807 102604 102606 102607 102610 102611 102615 102616 102621 105807 105851 106107 106109)