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Schizocrania turnbulli

Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae

Taxonomy
Crania turnbulli was named by Reed (1905) [Crania Turnbulli]. Its type specimen is SM A31264, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeast end of railway cutting at Sholeshook Farm, which is in a Cautleyan marine horizon in the Sholeshook Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Schizocrania turnbulli by Cocks (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Crania turnbulli Reed p. 447 figs. pl. 23 f. 2-2a
2014Schizocrania turnbulli Cocks p. 14 fig. 3D

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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
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyTrematidaeSchuchert 1893
genusSchizocraniaHall and Whitfield 1875
speciesturnbulli()

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: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:53:16
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:53:16
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Cautleyan or 449.20000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) Crania turnbulli (type locality: 185113)