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Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Taxonomy
Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154362b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides Cooper and Grant p. 2842 figs. Pl 775, figs 1-28

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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
familyNotothyrididaeLicharew 1960
subfamilyCryptacanthiinaeStehli 1965
genusGlossothyropsis
speciescryptacanthoides

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.

Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height37.485.609.607.802.00

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

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides (101867 106108 106245 106299)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides (105894 105895 106243 106249)