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Tschernyschewia americana

Strophomenata - Productida - Tschernyschewiidae

Taxonomy
Tschernyschewia americana was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 152683c, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Tschernyschewia americana Cooper and Grant pp. 914-915 figs. Pl 268, figs 1-22

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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
familyTschernyschewiidae
genusTschernyschewia
speciesamericana

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.

Tschernyschewia americana Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height56.063.307.907.502.03

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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Tschernyschewia americana (81710)