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Sestropoma mexicanum

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Taxonomy
Sestropoma mexicanum was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 153675, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM815, Arroyo La Difunta, Las Delicias, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Palo Quemado Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Sestropoma mexicanum Cooper and Grant p. 961 figs. Pl 284, figs 31-33
2022Sestropoma mexicanum Galeana-Moran et al. p. 5 figs. 2.9, 2.10, 3.1, 3.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyCyclacanthariidae
subfamilyCyclacanthariinae
genusSestropoma
speciesmexicanum

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.

Sestropoma mexicanum Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Sestropoma mexicanum (type locality: 105513 232557 232558 232559 232561)