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Heterelasma gibbosum

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

Taxonomy
Heterelasma gibbosum was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154343d, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Heterelasma gibbosum Cooper and Grant p. 2824 figs. Pl 769, figs 20-56

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyCryptonellidaeThomson 1926
subfamilyCryptonellinaeThomson 1926
genusHeterelasma
speciesgibbosum

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.

Heterelasma gibbosum Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height137.485.309.307.801.13

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
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 Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Heterelasma gibbosum (43596)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Heterelasma gibbosum (43491 43492 43494 43510 43515 43516 43582 81638 101785 101811 105687 106037 106121)