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Aporthophyla aurora

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena aurora was named by Billings (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pointe Riche, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal horizon in the Table Cove Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Aporthophyla aurora by Cooper (1956), Cocks and Rong (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Strophomena aurora Billings p. 218
1956Aporthophyla aurora Cooper figs. 164, figs 1-3
1989Aporthophyla aurora Cocks and Rong p. 92

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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
familyTaffiidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
subfamilyTaffiinaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusAporthophylaUlrich and Cooper 1938
speciesaurora(Billings 1865)

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.

†Aporthophyla aurora Billings 1865
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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: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland) Strophomena aurora (type locality: 186482)