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Pontisia stehlii

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

Taxonomy
Pontisia stehlii was named by Cooper and Grant (1969) [Includes subspecies stehlii and tumidosa]. Its type specimen is USNM 153835a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Subspecies
P. stehlii, P. tumidosa
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. stehli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant p. 13 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-10
1976Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant p. 2026 figs. Pl 510, figs 56-62; Pl 517, figs 21-25; 38-47; pl 533, figs 39-60; pl 534, figs 1-49; pl 535, figs 5
1981Pontisia stehlii Hoover p. 85 figs. Pl 7, figs 39-48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyPontisiidaeCooper and Grant 1976
subfamilyPontisiinaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusPontisia
speciesstehlii

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.

†Pontisia stehlii Cooper and Grant 1969
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†Pontisia stehlii tumidosa Cooper and Grant 1976
†Pontisia stehlii stehlii Cooper and Grant 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height445.600.30013.06.703.38

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

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Pontisia stehlii (43604) Pugnoides texanus (150119)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Pontisia stehlii (41507 41514 41515 41516)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Pontisia stehlii (43491 43494 43501 43504 43510 43514 43515 43516 101785 101811 105939) Pontisia stehlii, Pontisia stehlii (43492 43495 43513 43517 43582 81638 105931 105935)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Mexico (Sonora) Pontisia stehlii (102390)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Pontisia stehlii (43518 101781 101782 101783 102610 105742 105850 105874 105927) Pontisia stehlii, Pontisia stehlii (102611 105805)