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Pseudodielasma minor

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma minor was named by King (1931) [Dielasma schucherti minor]. Its type specimen is YPM 12156a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amb, "Chonetes Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Dielasma schucherti minor by King (1931); it was recombined as Pseudodielasma minor by Cooper and Grant (1976), Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Dielasma minor Duplicate
1931Dielasma minor King p. 133 figs. Pl 44, figs 12-14
1931Dielasma schucherti minor King p. 133 figs. Pl 44, figs 12-14
1976Pseudodielasma minor Cooper and Grant p. 2916 figs. Pl 760, figs 33-72

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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
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyPseudodielasmatidae
genusPseudodielasma
speciesminor()

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.

Pseudodielasma minor King 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height204.804.105.904.800.402

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: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Dielasma minor (113197 113206 151161) Pseudodielasma minor (43548 43551 43553 105592 105887)