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Liosotella popei

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Taxonomy
Productus popei was named by Shumard (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Marginifera popei by McKee (1938), Cloud (1944); it was recombined as Liosotella popei by Cooper and Grant (1975).

Subspecies
Productus popei opimus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. timanicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Productus popei Shumard p. 290
1859Productus popei Shumard p. 389 figs. Pl 11, figs 8a,b
1909Productus popei Girty p. 257 figs. Pl 20, figs 9-11b
1938Marginifera popei McKee p. 248 figs. Pl 47, figs 6-8
1944Marginifera popei Cloud p. 54 figs. Pl 17, figs 16-18
1975Liosotella popei Cooper and Grant p. 1112

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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
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
familyPaucispiniferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyPaucispiniferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePaucispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusLiosotella
speciespopei()

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.

†Liosotella popei Shumard 1858
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†Productus popei opimus Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.807.008.707.851.20

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

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Marginifera popei (149776)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Marginifera popei (149773 150556 150557)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Marginifera popei (113197 121459 149786 149827 149941 150107 150252 150260 150609)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Mexico (Coahuila) Marginifera popei (63057 63098)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28USA (Texas) Marginifera popei (149944 150118 150662 151109)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Liosotella popei (105897 105898 105899 105900 106111) Marginifera popei (108393 150000 150254 150255 150608 150657 150659 150660 150778) Productus occidentalis (108821)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Liosotella popei (81965 81968 102629)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Liosotella popei (81634 102624 106043 106161 106242 106251 106300) Marginifera popei (151110) Productus occidentalis (108812) Productus popei (133736)