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Fusella llanoensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Fusella llanoensis was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154840, 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Fusella llanoensis Carter p. 386 figs. Pl 23, fig 11; pl 38, figs 1a-9e; text-figs 34-36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyBashkiriinaeNalivkin 1979
genusFusellaM'Coy 1844
speciesllanoensis

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.

Fusella llanoensis Carter 1967
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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 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

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

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Texas) Fusella llanoensis (62491 62493 type locality: 62494 62495 62497 62498)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Texas) Fusella llanoensis (1)