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Glossella

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Glossella was named by Cooper (1956). Its type is Glossella papillosa.

It was assigned to Lingulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Glossellinae by Mitchell (1977), Williams et al. (2000), Hansen and Holmer (2011).

Species
G. papillosa (type species), G. pulcherrima
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Glossella Cooper
1977Glossella Mitchell
2000Glossella Williams et al. p. 54
2002Glossella Sepkoski
2011Glossella Hansen and Holmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyGlossellinae
genusGlossellaCooper 1956

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.

G. †Glossella Cooper 1956
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Glossella papillosa Cooper 1956
Glossella pulcherrima Reed 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 10:12:49
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:15:38
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Cautleyan or 475.30000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3Argentina G. sp. (211010)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) G. sp. (189911)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Norway (Spitsbergen) G. sp. (189845 189848)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Alabama) G. papulosa (162364)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Norway (Spitsbergen) G. sp. (189871)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Scotland) G. sp. (164926)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) G. pulcherrima (165038 165046) G. sp. 2 (165043)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) G. sp. (164950) G. sp. 1 (164412)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom G. sp. (163263)