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Kochiproductus occidentalis

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Taxonomy
Buxtonia occidentalis was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 11548 and 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 Kochiproductus occidentalis by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Buxtonia occidentalis King p. 79 figs. Pl 17, figs 20,21
1975Kochiproductus occidentalis Cooper and Grant p. 1050

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductidaeGray 1840
subfamilyBuxtoniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeBuxtoniiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusKochiproductus
speciesoccidentalis()

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: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
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 Moscovian to the top of the Asselian or 315.20000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Buxtonia occidentalis (151047 151048)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Buxtonia occidentalis (149716 150801 151041 151042 151043 151044 151045 151046)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Buxtonia occidentalis (108401 type locality: 121456 150664)