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Lingulasma matutinum

Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulasmatidae

Taxonomy
Lingulasma matutinum was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 109348a, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Both sides of the old road in the cedar glade ΒΌ mile southeast of Friendsville, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Lingulasma matutinum Cooper pp. 738 - 739 figs. Plate 12, D, figures 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyLingulasmatidaeWinchell and Schuchert 1893
genusLingulasma
speciesmatutinum

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.

Lingulasma matutinum Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
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: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:59:52
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:59:52
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) Lingulasma matutinum (type locality: 164884)