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Quadratia egregia

Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae

Taxonomy
Quadratia egregia was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154597, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Quadratia egregia Carter p. 284 figs. Pl 17, figs 1a-8

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyAraksalosiidaeLazarev 1989
subfamilyQuadratiinaeLazarev 1989
genusQuadratia
speciesegregia

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.

Quadratia egregia Carter 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) Quadratia egregia (62491 type locality: 62494)