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Tichosina guppyi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Tichosina guppyi was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 550337, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 405a, Cojimar Gorge, which is in a Miocene marine marl in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tichosina guppyi Cooper p. 10 figs. pl. 2, figs. 11-16
1997Tichosina guppyi Harper et al. p. 118

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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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTichosininae
genusTichosinaCooper 1977
speciesguppyi

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.

Tichosina guppyi Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.6

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Tichosina guppyi (69729)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba Tichosina guppyi (164766 type locality: 164958 164959)