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Institella leonardensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Productus leonardensis was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 120, Clay Slide, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in Texas.

It was recombined as Institella leonardensis by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960), Cooper and Grant (1975), Chen (2004) and Shen et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Productus leonardensis King p. 70 figs. Pl 14, figs 4-9
1960Institella leonardensis Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 118 figs. Pl 22, figs 1-15
1975Institella leonardensis Cooper and Grant p. 873
2004Institella leonardensis Chen p. 26 figs. Pl 4, figs 22,23,25
2011Institella leonardensis Shen et al. p. 559 figs. 3.7-3.9

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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
subfamilyInstitellinae
genusInstitellaCooper 1942
speciesleonardensis()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height406.881.9014.78.203.37

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Institella leonardensis (35514)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Productus leonardensis (149784)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Institella leonardensis (43459 43466 43491 43494 43498 43501 43504 43510 43515 43516 43574 43582 43595 43602 43609 44565 44752 81638 81943 101785 101811 105687 105746 105844 105848 105849 105852 105878 105882 105883 105884 105885 105886 105906 105938 105981 105982 105986 106031 106034 106037 106047 106144 106158 106164 106168 106292) Productus leonardensis (69002 113192 113193 113195 113216 113223 113224 149773 149780 149785 149834 149993 149995 149997 150116 150245 150251 150554 150842 150845 150846 150860 150861 150863)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan (Gifu) Institella leonardensis (109027)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Institella leonardensis (81639) Productus leonardensis (150864)