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Echinoconchus alternatus

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Taxonomy
Productus alternatus was named by Norwood and Pratten (1855).

It was recombined as Pustula alternata by Snider (1915); it was recombined as Echinoconchus alternatus by Weller (1914), Sutton (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. eximus, E. longispinus, E. vetusta, E. vittatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Productus alternatus Norwood and Pratten
1858Productus vittatus Hall p. 639
1863Productus gradatus Swallow p. 93
1914Echinoconchus alternatus Weller
1915Pustula alternata Snider p. 82
1938Echinoconchus alternatus Sutton p. 556 figs. Plate 66, figures 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyEchinoconchoidea
familyEchinoconchidae
subfamilyEchinoconchinaeStehli 1954
tribeEchinoconchiniStehli 1954
genusEchinoconchus
speciesalternatus(Norwood and Pratten 1855)

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.

†Echinoconchus alternatus Norwood and Pratten 1855
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Invalid names: Productus gradatus Swallow 1863 [synonym], Productus vittatus Hall 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Pendleian or 358.86000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) Echinoconchus alternatus (8611)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Echinoconchus alternatus (6738 6760 6787)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Echinoconchus alternatus (6739 6758 6778)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Echinoconchus alternatus (8113 8114 8115 8118 8119 8120 8121 8127 8128 8130 8131 8136 8137 8138 8139)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Idaho) Echinoconchus alternatus (12814 12817 12818 12821)
Meramecian - Chesterian342.9 - 323.4USA (Idaho) Echinoconchus alternatus (12873)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Indiana) Echinoconchus alternatus (6886 6887 6888 6893 6894)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Illinois) Echinoconchus alternatus (7070)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Pustula alternata (112182)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Montana) Echinoconchus alternatus (5625 5642 5644)