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Tropidelasma perattenuatum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Streptorhynchus perattenuatum was named by Girty (1909). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2962 green, southern Delaware Mountains, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian slope limestone in the Delaware Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Tropidelasma perattenuatum by Cooper and Grant (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Streptorhynchus perattenuatum Girty
1974Tropidelasma perattenuatum Cooper and Grant p. 343

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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
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyOrthotetoidea()
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
speciesperattenuatum()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) Streptorhynchus perattenuatum (type locality: 108827)