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Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Parageyerella zhongliangshanensis was named by He and Zhu (1985). Its type specimen is CUMT 8121 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongliang Hill, Chongqing City, which is in a Changhsingian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis by Shen and He (1994), Shen and Shi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Parageyerella zhongliangshanensis He and Zhu p. 202 figs. Pl 3, figs 4-9
1994Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis Shen and He figs. Pl 1, figs 13-26
2007Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis Shen and Shi p. 35 figs. Pl 13, figs 6-27

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyOrthotetoidea()
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
specieszhongliangshanensis()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height710.35.1026.98.508.23

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis (117481)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Parageyerella zhongliangshanensis (type locality: 126979) Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis (94984 94985 138387 138488)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis (206156)