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Elassonia scitula

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae

Taxonomy
Elassonia scitula was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 148261b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Elassonia scitula Cooper and Grant p. 1938 figs. Pl 504, figs 21-28
1976Elassonia scitula Cooper and Grant p. 1938 figs. Pl 504, figs 21-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyPetasmatheridaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusElassonia
speciesscitula

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.

Elassonia scitula Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height50.3710.1000.7000.5000.219

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Elassonia scitula (type locality: 43589)