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Stenoscisma kingi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma kingi was named by Cloud (1944). Its type specimen is YPM S-2741 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is King 34, Bed 12, Malascachas section, Las Delicias, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Palo Quemado Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Stenoscisma kingi Cloud p. 61 figs. Pl 17, figs 19-21
2006Stenoscisma kingi Quiróz-Barroso and Sour-Tovar p. 142

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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
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
specieskingi

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.

Stenoscisma kingi Cloud 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.0

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

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 - 268.8Mexico (Coahuila) Stenoscisma kingi (type locality: 63057)