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Tschussovskenia connorsensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Lithostrotion (Diphyphyllum) connorsensis was named by Easton (1960). Its type specimen is USC 5120 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USC Loc. 332 - Connors Pass, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Diphyphyllum connorsensis by Wilson and Langenheim (1962), Wilson (1991), Wilson (1994); it was recombined as Tschussovskenia connorsensis by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Lithostrotion (Diphyphyllum) connorsensis Easton p. 579 figs. 11-14
1962Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. p. 504 figs. Pl 86, figs 3,4
1991Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson p. 736 fig. 5.9,5.10
1994Diphyphyllum connorsensis Wilson p. 942 fig. 4.8,4.9
2007Tschussovskenia connorsensis Fedorowski et al. p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyDiphyphyllinaeDybowski 1873
genusTschussovskeniaDobrolyubova 1936
speciesconnorsensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) Diphyphyllum connorsensis (120741)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nevada) Diphyphyllum connorsensis (61680 120692 120703) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (107955)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (California) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (225941)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Nunavut) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (107879)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Idaho) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (108135)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (107974 107975 107976 107977 108106 108107 108109 108131 108134)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Lithostrotion connorsensis (107564 107585) Tschussovskenia connorsensis (107963 108130)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Lithostrotion connorsensis (type locality: 107563 107579 107583)