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Cooperina

Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae

Taxonomy
Cooperina was named by Termier (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 7,538]. It is not extant. Its type is Cooperina inexpectata. It is the type genus of Cooperininae, Cooperinidae.

It was assigned to Cooperininae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cooperina Termier
2000Cooperina Williams et al. p. 605
2002Cooperina Sepkoski

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyCooperinidaePajaud 1968
subfamilyCooperininaePajaud 1968
genusCooperinaTermier 1967

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. †Cooperina Termier 1967
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Cooperina inexpectata Termier et al. 1966
Cooperina nipponica Tazawa et al. 2013
Cooperina parva Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooperina polytreta Grant 1976
Cooperina subcuneata Cooper and Grant 1975
Cooperina triangulata Cooper and Grant 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height331.190.3002.301.300.533

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 298.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) C. triangulata (43468 43472 43475 75939)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) C. parva (43466 43491 43496 43514 101785 105848 105849) C. parva, C. subcuneata (43495) C. sp. (43534 75865)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) C. inexpectata (41510 41511 41512)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan C. inexpectata, C. nipponica (153457)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Trang) C. polytreta (40896 40899)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) C. inexpectata (43548 43551 43553 81645 81650 81693 81722 101767 102602 102605 102614 105850 105887 105932 106123) C. subcuneata (43613 81639 101781 101782 101783 101807 102603 102607 102610 102615 102616 102621 105743 105822 105874 106109)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. inexpectata (102630)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. inexpectata (43550 43557 81939 102619 102626 105764 105821 106157 106290) C. sp. (105977) C. sp., C. inexpectata (101867)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) C. inexpectata (42092) C. sp. (42094)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece C. sp. (64173 64176)