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Acanthoplecta inopinata

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoplecta inopinata was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 123969, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9044, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Acanthoplecta inopinata Carter p. 287 figs. Pl 18, figs 1a-8d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyPlicatiferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeLevitusiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusAcanthoplecta
speciesinopinata

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.

Acanthoplecta inopinata 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: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 353.70000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Texas) Acanthoplecta inopinata (62491 type locality: 62493 62494 62497)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Texas) Acanthoplecta inopinata (1)