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Peniculauris subcostata

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Taxonomy
Aulosteges subcostatus was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 123, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Peniculauris subcostata by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Aulosteges subcostatus King p. 94 figs. Pl 25, figs 5-7
1960Peniculauris mckeei Muir-Wood and Cooper
1970Peniculauris mckeei Stehli and Grant p. 32 figs. Pl 11, figs 7-10
1975Peniculauris subcostata Cooper and Grant p. 1097

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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
tribeTolmatchoffiiniSarytcheva 1963
genusPeniculaurisMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
speciessubcostata()

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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Invalid names: Peniculauris mckeei Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1534.017.347.537.28.22

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

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Peniculauris subcostata (41505 41509)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Aulosteges subcostatus (113193 113195 150246) Peniculauris subcostata (43491 43492 43494 43495 43504 43510 43514 43515 43516 43574 44519 44565 81638 101785 101811 105747 105843 105853 105878 105885 105931 105935 105939 105940 105986 106114 106132 106149 106155)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Mexico (Sonora) Peniculauris subcostata (52101 102391)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala (Huehuetenango) Peniculauris mckeei, Kochiproductus sp. (41537)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Peniculauris subcostata (105807)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Peniculauris subcostata (112561)