Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Fascifera carrickensis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae

Taxonomy
Hemipronites carrickensis was named by Reed (1917) [= 1883. Strophomena retroflexa, Salter, Davidson (pars), Mm. Brit. Foss. Brack., vol. v, Silur. Suppl., p. 195, pi. xv, figs. 7-8,].

It was recombined as Fascifera carrickensis by Williams (1962) and Candela and Harper (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Hemipronites carrickensis Reed pp. 918 - 919 figs. Plate XXI, figs. 24-26
1962Fascifera carrickensis Williams pp. 148 - 149 figs. P1. XIII, fig. 19
2014Fascifera carrickensis Candela and Harper pp. Supplement 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familyDraboviidaeHavlicek 1950
subfamilyDraboviinaeHavlicek 1950
genusFasciferaUlrich and Cooper 1942
speciescarrickensis()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. R. C. Reed 1917Shell semielliptical to subquadrate, unequally biconvex ; hinge-line rather less than maximum width ; cardinal angles subrectangular to obtuse. Pedicle-valve deepest at beak, conical, with somewhat flattened surface ; beak forming apex of cone, not incurved, the margins of hinge-area meeting at beak at very obtuse angle (about 130°-140°); hinge-area large, flat, triangular, steeply inclined to plane of valve, with narrow median delthyrium. Brachial valve gently convex, with weak median depression usually present; beak small, inconspicuous, not rising above hingeline; hinge-area narrow, steeply inclined.

Surface of valves covered with small rather unequal closely placed ro'unded threadlike lines increasing in number by intercalation more than once, every second or third or fourth line rather stronger than the others, and all arched back slightly on lateral portions of valves; 3—4 strong concentric lamellose growth-ridges usually present near margin, and fine concentric striation over rest of surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 13:12:51
Modified: 2009-06-03 15:12:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Cheneyan or 452.50000 to 451.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Fascifera carrickensis (164412)