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Leptella (Petroria)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae

Taxonomy
Petroria was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Leptella (Petroria) by Williams et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Leptella by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Leptella (Petroria) Williams et al. p. 317
2002Petroria Sepkoski

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyTaffiidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
subfamilyLeptellinaeWilliams 1965
genusLeptellaHall and Clarke 1892
subgenusPetroria

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.

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Petroria rugosa Wilson 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-10 12:04:45
Modified: 2009-06-10 14:04:45
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Whiterockian or 478.60000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina (San Juan) Petroria sp. (8743)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Petroria sp. (8721 8744)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3Canada (British Columbia) Petroria rugosa (186528)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Petroria austrina (14232 80058 80061)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina Petroria rugosa (8748) Petroria sp. (8747)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (YunNan) Petroria sp. (7743)