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Sandolasma mckassoni

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae

Taxonomy
Heritschioides mckassoni was named by Wilson (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12213 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP 14324, C&K Mine Section, Mitchell Caverns, Providence Mountains, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bird Spring Formation of California.

It was recombined as Sandolasma mckassoni by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Heritschioides mckassoni Wilson p. 944 figs. 4.1-4.7
2007Sandolasma mckassoni Fedorowski et al. p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDurhaminidaeMinato and Kato 1965
genusSandolasma
speciesmckassoni()

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.

Sandolasma mckassoni Wilson 1994
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (California) Heritschioides mckassoni (type locality: 120737) Lonsdaleia cordillerensis (107574)