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Floweria magnacicatrix

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Floweria magnacicatrix was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 200855, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 509h. 0.63 mile N. 75° E of the mouth of Mule Canyon. Sacramento Mountains, which is in a Frasnian marine shale in the Sly Gap Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Floweria magnacicatrix Cooper and Dutro pp. 55 - 56 figs. pl. 10 f. 28-33
2005Floweria magnacicatrix Stigall Rode p. 162

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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
speciesmagnacicatrix

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 magnacicatrix Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Floweria having a large cicatrix of attachment, widely rectangular outline, and strong costellation.
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Famennian or 382.70000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New Mexico) Floweria magnacicatrix (type locality: 219869)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Nevada) Floweria magnacicatrix (231668 231669)