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Tichosina foresti

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Tichosina foresti was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 818h and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM Loc. 818h, Facey Creek, Antigua, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tichosina foresti Cooper p. 10 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 6-13

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTichosininae
genusTichosinaCooper 1977
speciesforesti

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.

Tichosina foresti Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.616.321.318.83.54

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Tichosina foresti (type locality: 164957)