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Tichosina insolita

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Tichosina insolita was named by Cooper (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 550334 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM Loc. 818b, Marroqui, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate in the Taguasco Formation of Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tichosina insolita Cooper pp. 10-11 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 1-5

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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
speciesinsolita

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 insolita Cooper 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.5

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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba Tichosina insolita (type locality: 164961)