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Hustedia hessensis

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Taxonomy

Hustedia hessensis was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 478, Victorio Peak, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. gibbosa, H. grandicosta, H. grandicosta, H. indica, H. indica, H. indica, H. indica, H. marmoni, H. miseri, H. mormonii, H. pseudocardium, H. pugilla, H. pygmaea, H. radialis, H. radialis, H. rotundi, H. ulothrix, H. miseri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Hustedia hessensis King p. 125 figs. Pl 42, figs 43-46
1954	Hustedia hessensis Stehli p. 350 figs. Pl 27, figs 8-14
1976	Hustedia hessensis Cooper and Grant p. 2782 figs. Pl 732, figs 86-90; pl 736, figs 1-36; pl 745, figs 1-10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Retziidina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Retzioidea	Waagen 1883
family	Neoretziidae	Dagis 1972
subfamily	Hustediinae	Grunt 1986
genus	Hustedia	Hall and Clarke 1893
species	hessensis

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.

†Hustedia hessensis King 1931

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	61	5.96	1.50	18.7	6.70	3.40

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalsubo

Diet:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 18:06:56

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:06:56

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (34 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	USA (Texas)	Hustedia hessensis (43612 75885 75886 75930 75935 75936 106124)
Artinskian - Kungurian	290.1 - 274.4	USA (Texas)	Hustedia hessensis (81696 105972)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	USA (Texas)	Hustedia hessensis (43534 75863 75864 75926 81637 81724 81726 81860 81862 81951 105988 106166 106285 106297 108395 type locality: 108399 149777 149778 149782 149934 150115 150603 151238 151285 151470)