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Quadrochonetes girtyi

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Quadrochonetes girtyi was named by Stehli (1954) [Lectotype selected from syntype series by Cooper and Grant (1975)]. Its type specimen is AMNH 27298/1:1, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Quadrochonetes.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Chonetes quadratus Girty p. 407 figs. 4-7
1944Chonetina quadrata Cloud p. 66
1954Quadrochonetes girtyi Stehli p. 310 figs. Pl 19, figs 23-26

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusQuadrochonetes
speciesgirtyi

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.

†Quadrochonetes girtyi Stehli 1954
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Invalid names: Chonetina quadrata Girty 1929 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height132.491.404.602.401.09

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Chonetes quadratus (151307) Quadrochonetes girtyi (75864 75865 75881 81592 81724 81726 81848 81860 102627 105996)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Mexico (Coahuila) Chonetina quadrata (63051)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Chonetina quadrata (62904)