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Tropidelasma undulatum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Streptorhynchus undulatum was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 211, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Streptorhynchus undulatum King
1974Tropidelasma undulatum Cooper and Grant p. 347 figs. Pl 108, figs 1-5

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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
speciesundulatum()

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Streptorhynchus undulatum (149777 149931 149987 150115)