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Schizophoria parenteletiformis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy

Schizophoria parenteletiformis was named by Huang (1933). Its type specimen is NIGP 4666 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ts'ingyen, Locality T306, Wanch'ang, Kueiyang-hsien, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. allani, S. altirostris, S. antiqua, S. athabascensis, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskiensis, S. austalis, S. bicissa, S. bisinuata, S. bistriata, S. blankenheimensis, S. blankenheimsensis, S. compacta, S. connivens, S. connivens, S. dorsata, S. excellens, S. fascicostella, S. fecunda, S. ferronensis, S. floydensis, S. fossula, S. fossula, S. gibbera, S. hortonensis, S. imbricata, S. ivanovi, S. keyserlingiana, S. latisulcata, S. laudoni, S. lianghetangensis, S. linguata, S. macfarlani, S. mayesensis, S. mcfarlanei, S. mesacarina, S. mesoloba, S. mulistriata, S. multistriata, S. nevadensis, S. nuda, S. palliata, S. postriatula, S. praecursor, S. propinqua, S. protonevadensis, S. resupinata, S. rotundata, S. runegatensis, S. schnuri, S. schnuri, S. schnuri, S. senecta, S. shubarica, S. similis, S. striatula, S. striatula, S. striatula, S. subelliptica, S. texana, S. timanica, S. traversensis, S. tulliensis, S. uchtensis, S. warreni, S. zephyrina, S. athabaskensis, S. bistriata, S. floydensis, S. floydia, S. landoni, S. laudoni, S. macfarlanei, S. minor, S. multistriata, S. simpsoni, S. strophodonta, S. tioga, S. tulliensis, S. with, S. gigantea, S. resupinoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Schizophoria parenteletiformis Huang p. 1 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-f

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schizophoriidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
genus	Schizophoria
species	parenteletiformis

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.

†Schizophoria parenteletiformis Huang 1933

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	8.40

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-04 09:19:35

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:19:35

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Guizhou)	Schizophoria parenteletiformis (type locality: 111054)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Hubei)	Schizophoria parenteletiformis (107749)