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Stenoscisma calvatum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma calvatum was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152340n, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Stenoscisma calvatum Cooper and Grant p. 2088 figs. Pl 557, figs 1-60

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciescalvatum

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.

Stenoscisma calvatum Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height136.083.108.506.501.80

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, 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 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Stenoscisma calvatum (43491 43495 43510 43513 43517 101811 105940 106286)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Stenoscisma calvatum (43554 43598 43613 101781 102604 102611 102616)