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Goniarina subulata

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Goniarina subulata was named by Grant (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 473641, a valve (Dorsal valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Goniarina subulata Grant p. 657 figs. 3.1-3.12

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilySchuchertellinae
genusGoniarina
speciessubulata

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.

Goniarina subulata Grant 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height362.290.6005.802.751.32

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Goniarina subulata (106722)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Goniarina subulata (type locality: 42460 42461 42462 42464 42465 42466)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece Goniarina subulata (42463)