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Eomegastrophia philomena

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena philomena was named by Billings (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Brachyprion philomena by Twenhofel (1928); it was recombined as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomena by Dewing (2001); it was misspelled as Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomela by Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Eomegastrophia philomena by Jin and Popov (2008), Gushulak and Jin (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Strophomena philomena Billings pp. 65-67 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 7-15; Pl. 29, figs. 1-13; Pl. 30, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 61-62
1928Brachyprion philomena Twenhofel p. 189 figs. Plate XXII, figure 14; Plate XXIII, figures 8, 9, 10
1999Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomela Dewing pp. 65-67 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 7-15; Pl. 29, figs. 1-13; Pl. 30, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 61-62
2001Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomena Dewing figs. Pl. 1, figs. 3–4; Pl. 2, figs. 7–8
2008Eomegastrophia philomena Jin and Popov
2017Eomegastrophia philomena Gushulak and Jin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusEomegastrophia()
speciesphilomena(Billings 1860)

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.

†Eomegastrophia philomena Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:28:32
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.50000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Brachyprion philomena (158779)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Brachyprion philomena (158739 158795)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Nunavut) Eomegastrophia philomena (163998 163999)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Brachyprion philomena (26419 26447 26449 26724)