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Schizophoria amanaensis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy

Schizophoria amanaensis was named by Stainbrook (1945). Its type specimen is MAS 821A and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. allani, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskiensis, S. bisinuata, S. blankenheimensis, S. compacta, S. connivens, S. fascicostella, S. fecunda, S. fossula, S. latisulcata, S. lianghetangensis, S. mayesensis, S. mcfarlanei, S. multistriata, S. nevadensis, S. protonevadensis, S. runegatensis, S. shubarica, S. similis, S. striatula, S. texana, S. athabaskensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1945	Schizophoria amanaensis Stainbrook pp. 17 - 18
2005	Schizophoria amanaensis Stigall Rode pp. 150, Table 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schizophoriidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
genus	Schizophoria
species	amanaensis	Stainbrook 1945

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.

†Schizophoria amanaensis Stainbrook 1945

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-04 09:19:35

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:19:35

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 387.95000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Iowa)	Schizophoria amanaensis (54963)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (Iowa)	Schizophoria amanaensis (35502 54446 54467 54667 54669 54962 219870)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (Pennsylvania)	Schizophoria amanaensis (54274)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (New Mexico)	Schizophoria amanaensis (54416 54418 54420 54768 54776 54964 219871)
Late/Upper Frasnian	375.2 - 372.15	USA (Iowa)	Schizophoria amanaensis (35503)