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Floweria pandora

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Streptorhynchus pandora was named by Billings (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lot No. 6, Con. 4, Townsend., which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Moorehouse Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Streptorhynchus chemungensis pandora by Hall (1867); it was recombined as Orthothetes chemungensis pandora by Hall and Clarke (1892); it was recombined as Eoschuchertella pandora by Linsley (1994); it was recombined as Floweria pandora by Stigall Rode (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Streptorhynchus pandora Billings pp. 266 - 267 figs. 12-13
1867Streptorhynchus chemungensis pandora Hall p. 68 figs. pi. 4, ligs. 11-19; pi. 9, figs. 18-25, 27
1892Orthothetes chemungensis pandora Hall and Clarke figs. pi. 9, fig. 30; pi. 10, figs. 1-6
1994Eoschuchertella pandora Linsley p. 75 figs. pl. 74 f. 17-24
2005Floweria pandora Stigall Rode pp. 163 - 164 fig. 9.1

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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
speciespandora()

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.

Floweria pandora Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. L. Stigall Rode 2005Large resupinate Floweria, ventral valve inflation low, deformation lacking, cicatrix poorly developed; costae subequal; ventral interarea low; ventral muscle field flabellate with well-developed medial myophragm; dorsal muscle field wide and elongate with low myophragm.
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 Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (New York) Streptorhynchus pandora (76328 231790 231791)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Streptorhynchus pandora (231731 231732)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Streptorhynchus pandora (219872)