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Liufaia tetricum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma tetricum was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 212712, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Liufaia.

It was recombined as Liufaia tetricum by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Stenoscisma tetricum Grant pp. 185-186 figs. Pl 50, figs 9-28
2004Liufaia tetricum Waterhouse p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusLiufaia
speciestetricum()

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.

Liufaia tetricum Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.018.018.018.0-

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: 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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Stenoscisma tetricum (81374)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Trang) Stenoscisma tetricum (40898 40899)