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Kozlowskites gracilis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy
Sowerbyella gracilis was named by Jones (1928). Its type specimen is GSM 37554 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality K, railway cutting south of Haverfordwest, which is in a Hirnantian carbonate mudstone in the Haverford Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Anisopleurella gracilis by Cocks (1970), Temple (1987); it was recombined as Eoplectodonta gracilis by Cocks (2005); it was recombined as Kozlowskites gracilis by Cocks (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Sowerbyella gracilis Jones p. 472 figs. pl. 24, figs. 21-25
1970Anisopleurella gracilis Cocks p. 189 figs. pl. 16 f. 1-9
1987Anisopleurella gracilis Temple p. 58
2005Eoplectodonta gracilis Cocks p. 276
2014Kozlowskites gracilis Cocks p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySowerbyellidaeOpik 1930
genusKozlowskitesHavlicek 1952
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Kozlowskites gracilis Jones 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:18:40
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:18:40
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Rhuddanian or 445.20000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Wales) Sowerbyella gracilis (type locality: 153337)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Wales) Anisopleurella gracilis (3453 3459 3465 3467 3469 3471 4963 4964 4980 5051 5054 5055 5063 5072 5083 5101 8408 8409)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) Anisopleurella gracilis (4927 4928 4929 4931 4935 4939 4940 4942 4943 4944 4947 4948 4950 4952 4953 4954 4955 4956 4957 4961 4967 4973 4974 4982 4984 4991 4992 4994 4995 4996 4999 5000 5027 5028 5032)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) Anisopleurella gracilis (3207)