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Edriosteges multispinosus

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Edriosteges multispinosus was named by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 123906a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703a, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 104 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-10
1975Edriosteges multispinosus Cooper and Grant p. 840 figs. Pl 218, figs 1-11; pl 219, figs 1-27; pl 220, figs 1-32; pl 221, figs 1-23; pl 222, figs 6-13; pl 22
1991Edriosteges multispinosus Sun p. 226 figs. Pl 5, fig 17
2015Edriosteges multispinosus Tazawa and Shintani p. 47 fig. 4.2

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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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
genusEdriosteges
speciesmultispinosus

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.

†Edriosteges multispinosus Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1711.71.6027.019.88.39

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Edriosteges multispinosus (138384)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xizang) Edriosteges multispinosus (118915)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Aulosteges medlicottianus (122519) Edriosteges multispinosus (43491 43492 43494 43495 43501 43504 43510 type locality: 43513 43514 43515 43516 43517 43585 44519 81638 81651 101785 101811 105687 105735 105848 105879 105931 105935 105939 105940 106114 106129 106286)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Edriosteges multispinosus (43518 43563 81639 81640 101782 101783 101793 101807 102604 102606 102610 102611 102615 102616 105742 105805 105807 105822 105874)