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Torynechus caelatus

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Torynechus caelatus was named by Cooper and Grant (1962) [Type at Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin]. Its type specimen is T 10167 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Torynechus caelatus Cooper and Grant p. 1129
1965Torynechus caelatus Grant p. 154 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-10
1976Torynechus caelatus Cooper and Grant p. 2118 figs. Pl 585, figs 1-33; pl 586, figs 15-29

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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
genusTorynechus
speciescaelatus

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.

†Torynechus caelatus Cooper and Grant 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1013.410.317.814.02.40

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Torynechus caelatus (43459 43466 43491 43510 43515 43582 43595 44565 81638 81644 101785 101811 105883 105884 105885 106034) Uncinuloides guadalupensis (122520)