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Thedusia mesocostata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Taxonomy
Thedusia mesocostata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154498b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Thedusia mesocostata Cooper and Grant p. 2813 figs. Pl 736, figs 37,38; pl 743, figs 44-56

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyNeoretziidaeDagis 1972
subfamilyHustediinaeGrunt 1986
genusThedusia
speciesmesocostata

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.

Thedusia mesocostata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height163.322.104.503.550.851

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Thedusia mesocostata (43513 43517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Thedusia mesocostata (43512 43518 81640 101783 101807 101808 102610 102615 102621 105838 106109)