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Enteletes plummeri

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae

Taxonomy
Enteletes plummeri was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 12667, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM708x, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Enteletes plummeri King p. 47 figs. Pl 3, figs 3-8
1976Enteletes plummeri Cooper and Grant p. 2636 figs. Pl 680, figs 14-38; pl 682, figs 1-68

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familyEnteletidaeWaagen 1884
genusEnteletesWaldheim 1825
speciesplummeri

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.

Enteletes plummeri King 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1511.12.9024.212.07.11

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:06
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:18:14
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Enteletes plummeri (43459 43466 43491 43516 43582 type locality: 43592 43595 44565 44752 81638 81943 101785 105678 105687 105746 105849 105884 105885 105981 105982 106031 106037 113224 121457 149785 149931 149993 149994 149995 149996 149997)