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Thecidellina alabamensis

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Taxonomy
Thecidellina alabamensis was named by Cooper (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 550815a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NW1/4 Section 12 in Henry County, which is in a Selandian carbonate limestone/siltstone in the Clayton Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Thecidellina alabamensis Cooper p. 22 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 31-39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecidellinidaeElliott 1958
subfamilyThecidellininaeElliott 1953
genusThecidellina
speciesalabamensis

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.

Thecidellina alabamensis Cooper 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height21.151.101.201.150.071

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Thecidellina alabamensis (type locality: 153344)