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Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae

Taxonomy
Leptaena profunda was named by Hall (1852). It is the type species of Protomegastrophia.

It was recombined as Strophodonta profunda by Hall (1867); it was recombined as Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) profunda by Hall and Clarke (1892); it was recombined as Protomegastrophia profunda by Northrop (1939); it was recombined as Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda by Jin and Chatterton (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. costatula, B. inflata, Stropheodonta seretensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Leptaena profunda Hall
1867Strophodonta profunda Hall pp. 369, 392 figs. pl. 13, figs. 3-4
1892Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) profunda Hall and Clarke figs. pl. 13, figs. 1-5; pl. 20, figs. 29 - 31
1939Protomegastrophia profunda Northrop p. 172
1997Brachyprion (Protomegastrophia) profunda Jin and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyStrophodontidae(Caster 1939)
genusBrachyprion
subgenusProtomegastrophia(Caster 1939)
speciesprofunda(Hall 1852)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 440.80000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Protomegastrophia profunda (75266)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Protomegastrophia profunda (13045)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (New York) Stropheodonta profunda (81786 81787 81812 81827 81868)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (New York) Protomegastrophia profunda (77053)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Protomegastrophia profunda (184842 184851)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) Protomegastrophia profunda (24963 24969)
Telychian - Homerian438.5 - 427.4USA (Iowa) Protomegastrophia profunda (24959)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (New York) Stropheodonta profunda (81785 81816 82502 82509 82510 82511 82535 82536 82545 82560 82582 82595 82597 83093 83095)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) Protomegastrophia profunda (13001 13012 13014 13353 26815)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Protomegastrophia profunda (12935 13053) Stropheodonta profunda (81840 81873 81885 81898 81905 81906 81920 82501)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) Protomegastrophia profunda (26816)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) Protomegastrophia profunda (13017 13041 13042 13069 13075 13104 13107)