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Teguliferina boesei

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Taxonomy
Teguliferina boesei was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 93, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Planispina boesei by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. armata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Teguliferina boesei King p. 96 figs. Pl 27, figs 14-16
1960Planispina boesei Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 94 figs. Pl 9, figs 11-17
1975Teguliferina boesei Cooper and Grant p. 811 figs. Pl 203, figs 4-25; pl 204, figs 1-30; pl 207, figs 28-38

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyCyclacanthariidae
subfamilyTeguliferininae()
genusTeguliferina
speciesboesei

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.

†Teguliferina boesei King 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height288.662.9018.48.904.78

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Teguliferina boesei (43457 43458 43476 43477 43483 43484 43486 43488 43489 43490 43502 43506 43507 43508 43523 43524 105974 149720 149854 150111 150801)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Teguliferina boesei (43468 43469 43472 43474 43475 43479 43481 43482 75939 75952 75953 105591 105594 105723 type locality: 121456 149719 149722 149999 150663)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Teguliferina boesei (43542 43546 43603 102612 106156)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Teguliferina boesei (43533 43540 43543 43568 75954 105720 105846 150140 150188 150784)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Teguliferina boesei (106289)