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Floweria

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Floweria Cooper and Dutro pp. 53 - 54
2000Floweria Williams et al. p. 681
2002Floweria 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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyChilidiopsoideaBoucot 1959
familyAreostrophiidaeManankov 1979
subfamilyAdectorhynchinaeHenry and Gordon 1985
genusFloweria

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. †Floweria Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Floweria anomala Winchell 1866
Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
Floweria becraftensis Clarke 1900
Floweria bellulus Clarke 1894
Floweria chemungensis Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Floweria bifurcata Hall 1843 [synonym], Floweria pectinacea Hall 1843 [synonym]
Floweria cornucopia Imbrie 1959
Floweria crassa Imbrie 1959
Floweria deformis Hall 1857
Floweria iowensis Stainbrook 1943
Floweria lirella Imbrie 1959
Floweria magnacicatrix Cooper and Dutro 1982
Floweria pandora Billings 1860
Floweria perversa Hall 1857
Floweria prava Hall 1858
Floweria pseudoelegans Gosselet 1877
Floweria transversalis Cooper and Dutro 1982
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Medium sized costellate shells having ventral valve deeper and more convex than the flat or nearly flat dorsal valve. Interareas unequally developed. Brachiophores contained in cuplike sockets.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 419.62000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (231 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Maine) Schuchertella deformis (103297)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Maryland) Orthothetes deformis (219867)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (New York) Orthothetes becraftensis (160377) Schuchertella becraftensis (231627)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Pennsylvania) Schuchertella becraftensis (231623)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Orthothetes becraftensis (231625 231626)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Streptorhynchus pandora (76328 231790 231791)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Streptorhynchus pandora (219872)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Schuchertella crassa (206788)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Streptorhynchus pandora (231731 231732)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Eoschuchertella arctostriata (91216 91225 91226 91232 91233 91240 91243 91244 91267 91268 91269) Eoschuchertella perversa (91234 91237 91239) Eoschuchertella perversa, Eoschuchertella arctostriata (91091) Eoschuchertella perversa, Schuchertella chemungensis (91215)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Schuchertella cornucopia (219866)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4USA (Michigan) Schuchertella anomala (231661 231664 231665)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Eoschuchertella arctostriata (74985 74994 74995 89648 89651 89653 89654 89656 89657 89658 89660 89662 89664 89665 89669 89670 89671 89672 89673 89680 89699 89719 89741 89756 89769 89771 89772 89774 89787 89788 89789 89800 89804 89809 89822 94411) Eoschuchertella arctostriata, F. chemungensis (89652 89655 89667 89668) F. arctostriata (86265 89876 89879 89883 89885 89913 89921 89925 89927 89944 90855 111443) F. chemungensis (89887 90843 111330 111331 111343 111835) Schuchertella arctostriata (5619 5620 5661 5664 5665 5666 5667 5668 5669 9352 9354 9355 54574 76663)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) F. orthoplicata, Schuchertella iowensis (93842) Schuchertella iowensis (54381 93843 93844 93845 93846 93847 219868 231660)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Northwest Territories) F. sp. (94513)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Wisconsin) Schuchertella arctostriata (231622)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Orthothetes chemungensis (170009)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Schuchertella anomala (85062 206795 219865) Schuchertella crassa (231628 231629 231630) Schuchertella crassa, Schuchertella cornucopia (207859) Schuchertella lirella (96304)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) F. arctostriata (231666 231667) F. crassa (40043 65029)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Iowa) F. altirostris (93848) F. sp. (35486)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (54881 55015 55016)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4USA (Missouri) Schuchertella iowensis (93849)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31USA (Iowa) F. altirostris (35489) F. sp. (35485) Schuchertella iowensis (35478 35480 35481)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (Iowa) F. sp. (35493)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Maryland) Schuchertella chemungensis (54432)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Missouri) Schuchertella arctostriata (3946 54372)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) F. prava (35499 35500 35501) F. sp. (35488 35494 35495) F. transversalis (219870)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (3802 3804 3806 3809 3810 10207 10322 54246 54250 54469 54501 54502 54506 54508 54509 54575 54579 54581 54582 54586 54587 54749 54875 54896 54971 55009 55010)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Schuchertella prava (6856 6857 6867 6874 6875)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (West Virginia) Schuchertella chemungensis (54279)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New Mexico) F. magnacicatrix (219869) F. prava (219871)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Pennsylvania) Schuchertella chemungensis (55008 55012 154377)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (3922 3925)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Iowa) F. prava (35503)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Schuchertella prava (3374)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New Mexico) F. chemungensis (231560)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Belgium F. pseudoelegans (92832 92834 92845 92846)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Nevada) F. magnacicatrix (231668 231669)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (7247 54254 54255 54462)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Schuchertella chemungensis (54530 54531 55007 55011 55014)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (New York) F. sp. (159926 159928 159981 160068 160675 160676 160730 160731 160732 161255 161256 161257) Schuchertella chemungensis (54492 55013)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Belgium F. pseudoelegans (92833)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (6975)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Colorado) Schuchertella chemungensis (3615)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (7151) Schuchertella chemungensis (7311)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) Schuchertella chemungensis (226416)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Arizona) Schuchertella chemungensis (13240)