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Eridmatus petita

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Eridmatus petita was named by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982). Its type specimen is GSC 35502 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is JBW19, Ettrain Creek, which is in an Asselian marine siltstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Eridmatus petita Waterhouse and Waddington p. 29 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6; text-figs 11g,h

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusEridmatus
speciespetita

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.

Eridmatus petita Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Canada (Yukon) Eridmatus petita (101732 121748 121763 121820 121822 type locality: 121823 121826 121835 121836)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Eridmatus petita (121837)